In Europe, trees are increasingly dying prematurely. A new study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and ...

Over the past decade, mortality has increased by around 9% for beech and pedunculate oak, by more than 6% for chestnut and by ...

An assisted migration of beech trees in need of protection from climate change is bearing its first fruits in France after 13 years, with saplings now gracing the former World War I battlefield of ...

Not all trees are created equal, at least not in the eyes of humankind. Over the years, as human needs drove the development of the timber industry, some trees were neglected in favor of more ...

A new study found differences at the cellular level of leaves from infected Beech trees -- variations that may account for tree mortality. Beech trees provide food for animals, timber for wood ...

Each summer, like clockwork, millions of beech trees throughout Europe sync up, tuning their reproductive physiology to one another. Within a matter of days, the trees produce all the seeds they’ll ...

The Maine Forest Service has reported the first deaths of beech trees caused by beech leaf disease. The department discovered those dead trees earlier this month in Knox County and Waldo County. The ...