A Pennsylvania state forestry expert says native pests are causing troublesome impacts to several valuable tree species.

Three species of cicada that only emerge once every 17 years are gearing up to spring to the surface in droves.

Cicadas will likely first emerge in Pennsylvania later this spring. Here's where and how long they'll buzz around.

Cicadas will likely first emerge during the third week of April or when areas experience “good rain,” cicada expert Gene ...

Stemming the Southern pine beetle onslaught is one way to limit the amount of dead trees that lead to new growth and more ...

This rapid growth has officials trying different methods to eradicate it. Scientists confirm astonishing side effect of ...

The noisy insects are often a sure ... xylem tissue that carries water to tree leaves. If anything, the only damage cicadas cause is when females lay eggs at the ends of branches, sometimes ...

The noisy insects are often a sure ... xylem tissue that carries water to tree leaves. If anything, the only damage cicadas cause is when females lay eggs at the ends of branches, sometimes ...

Pennsylvania falls within the defined USDA Northeast region of the U.S.: the western Pennsylvania specific USDA Planting Zone ...

I wanted to learn how to prepare for disaster. It turned out I needed skills, yes — but the first thing was learning how to ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.

If you want to understand the jungle, you can't be content just to sail back and forth near the shore. You've got to get into it, no matter how strange and frightening it might seem.” – Carl ...