"I'm doing a lot of experiments now with the Japanese maples," Rob Schreiner, head of the Nebraska City tree board, told Harvest Public Media. "We're having really good luck with those. They've come ...

Years of drought conditions in the Midwest and Great Plains have opened the door for pests and diseases that are killing trees. Now people working in parks and forests are planting new species ...

A deadly new oak-tree disease can be prevented by pruning them in the dormant season (if needed) instead of spring or summer.

Oak wilt weakens white oak trees and kills red oaks within weeks of infection. Bacterial leaf scorch is a chronic disease that worsens over several years. Both diseases spread to nearby oaks.

One of Nebraska's oldest trees, a bur oak estimated to be more than 380 years old, has died.

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The sun shined through the sawdust as heavy branches were carefully removed from a 96-year-old bur oak tree at Morris Arboretum. "It's always tough losing a tree this large ...

MASON CITY | North Iowa's ash and bur oak trees are at risk the most when it come to invasive species and diseases, according to Paul Tauke, a state forester with the Iowa Department of Natural ...

CODY — Standing proudly in a Cody neighborhood is Wyoming’s largest bur oak tree, which rises taller than the three-story gray wood-frame house that has been its neighbor for a ...