Rot and decay likely contributed to a massive tree falling onto a Wake County house Sunday, instantly killing a woman and injuring two other people. Sabrina Allen, 32, was sleeping in a bedroom in the ...

I have been spending a lot of my time driving the roads around Augusta assessing damage from Hurricane Helene. It is depressing, but I am doing everything I can to keep my chin up. I like to think ...

When you see mushrooms or other fungi growing out of the trunk of a tree, pay attention. It’s a sign that the wood inside the tree is decaying. “It’s something you want to have a professional look at ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Ground saturated by the recent rain has led to several trees toppling over. We caught up with one tree service about the wet conditions and the problems they’re causing. A ...

A disease is present throughout forests in the Northwest, and researchers say it’s a pathogen as old as the trees themselves.

A canker on a red oak tree in Texas. Cankers are areas of dead bark on trees. The scariest thing in yards this Halloween may not be trick-or-treaters, but "zombie trees." These trees aren't dead, but ...

A Fungus growing on a living tree is a symptom of heart rot. Trees are infected through wounds from lawn mowers, weed-whacker whips, deer rubbing, rodent chewing, frost cracks, broken branches and ...

EAST LANSING, MI – Agricultural researchers want to determine where across Michigan two types of root rot are killing Christmas trees – a major crop commodity in the state. The U.S. Department of ...