In late April, across the oak forests of northern Bavaria, millions of spongy moth caterpillars hatch from egg masses glued ...

Every spring across Europe, billions of oak leafroller moth caterpillars hatch on oak branches and immediately start chewing. Their survival depends on perfect timing: the larvae must emerge just as ...

One of the easiest ways to tell a red oak from a white oak is by looking at the leaves. Red oak leaves have pointed lobes and white oak leaves have rounded ones. (Adobe Stock / Field & Stream) Leaves ...

Oak trees have a surprising trick to fight back against hungry caterpillars: they simply wait. When trees are heavily ...

As temperatures in the First State start to increase, people will be spending more time outdoors. Whether gardening or hiking, Delaware residents need to be on the lookout for certain plants that will ...

The name of my column is “Nature Watch,” and usually at this time of the year there’s a lot of outside activity to write about. But, due to the recent abnormally warm temperatures, it seems like ...

An infestation of caterpillars can make an oak tree postpone when it opens its leaves next year by three days, wrong-footing ...

Many coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) trees are showing unusual browning in their canopies in the last month or two. If you look carefully, you may see small, crescent-shaped galls forming on the ...

Oak trees delay spring leaf-out after caterpillar attacks, reducing damage by more than 50% and revealing a new way trees ...