Since the early 2000s, the emerald ash borer has been a thorn in homeowners’ sides—or anyone with trees in their yard. These invasive insect pests cause oft-catastrophic damage to ash trees, and ...

A long, narrow emerald ash borer sits on the bark of a tree. - Herman Wong HM/Shutterstock Take a stroll through your community and you'll likely pass beneath the canopy of an ash tree or marvel at ...

This mean, green, tree-destroying machine might be coming to your area — if it isn't already there. The emerald ash borer, native to Asia, was first spotted in the U.S. near Detroit in 2002. It's ...

In 2002 in Michigan, many ash (Fraxinus sp.) trees started to show obvious signs of decline, and after careful inspections, arborists and biologists soon discovered a pest unknown to the U.S. as the ...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture confirmed Monday, Dec. 11, emerald ash borer in Morrison County for the first time. There are now 46 counties in the state, including Morrison, with ...

One of the most destructive invasive insects in the United States has been detected in three more Oregon counties this summer, which could be bad news for the state’s ash trees. Federal and state ...

TOWN OF ERIN -- The thousands of ash trees killed by the emerald ash borer across southern and central Wisconsin have not only become an eyesore, the trees that are still standing have become ...

FOREST GROVE, Ore – On June 30, Dominic Maze, an invasive species biologist for the City of Portland, was waiting outside a summer camp in Forest Grove to pick up his children when he noticed several ...

ELK RIVER ― The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has confirmed a report of emerald ash borers in Elk River, the first time the invasive insect has been detected in Sherburne County. The discovery ...

On an early summer day in 2016, entomologist Jian Duan arrived at a nondescript office building in north Houston to deliver some bad news—and some good. Texas forestry officials had notified Duan a ...

REMER — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture announced emerald ash borer has been found in a cluster of trees near Remer, in Cass County. An Agriculture Department employee spotted signs of emerald ...