With the help of a new grant, a team of researchers at the University of Minnesota researchers are studying oak wilt, an invasive fungus that is threatening Minnesota’s oak tree population. Sometimes ...

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) — Oak wilt is a devastating, incurable fungus that is slowly spreading over a large part of the United States. First found in Wisconsin in the 1930s, it arrived in North Texas in ...

PITTSBURGH — An invasive fungus is wreaking havoc on local oak trees. Oak wilt disease is fast-moving, killing some trees in less than a year. Local experts showed Channel 11′s Lisa Sylvester what to ...

It’s called watchful waiting. Being prepared. There is a fungal disease — oak wilt — that can quickly kill oak trees, especially red oaks. White oaks, the state tree, seem to survive better. Beetles ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (CBS DETROIT) - Several cases of oak wilt fungus have been confirmed in the Bird Hills Nature Area after a concerned resident reported a tree that looked unhealthy to city officials.

The public can help prevent oak wilt expansion by waiting until cold weather to prune their oaks. Schwingle said the highest ...

An invasive insect from Europe and the Middle East is attacking several Oregon white oak trees in the Wilsonville area, and state researchers say it's been found in other pest traps in the past few ...

While Michigan's warm weather is likely done for 2020, there's still might be some important yard work worth finishing. The cooler months are a great time to trim oak trees to reduce risk of being ...

That means prevention is key. “If you need to have an oak pruned to remove damaged branches or improve its structure, have it done in winter,” Yiesla said. Elms, too, should be pruned only in winter, ...