The North Carolina Forest Service has been receiving reports of scorched-looking elm trees throughout central North Carolina, from Davidson to Johnston counties. But Jim Slye, the service’s Forest ...

Dutch elm disease was introduced to the United States in the early 1920s. It quickly decimated our American elms, killing hundreds of thousands of trees. The disease first appeared in Kansas in 1957 ...

A new, invasive insect species has been detected in Ohio for the first time, authorities said. The elm zigzag sawfly was spotted by researchers infesting elm trees in both Franklin and Delaware ...

The American elm (Ulmus americana) was once a common sight on the Upper Mississippi River, but Dutch elm disease, or DED, has killed many trees. DED is an invasive fungal pathogen that is spread by ...

ST. PAUL -- Since 1999, the University of Minnesota has been cooperating with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to evaluate and select elms for use in Minnesota. Many new Hybrid and American ...

The elm seed bug hasn’t lived in La Plata County for long, but it didn’t struggle to gain a foothold in the region. It is harmless to humans, but it is an invasive species that preys on the seeds of ...