This past winter was above-average in temperature. Rarely, if at all, did we have any of those bone-chilling days or nights. As a result of the mild winter, people were asking if we would see more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The estimated trillions of periodical brood cicadas that emerged in multiple U.S. states this year may be gone for the foreseeable ...

In the Midwest, the oak leaf itch mites emerge in late July, but bites are more common in the fall, because that’s when people are in the leaves more, according to a Kansas State University ...

I have a 20-year-old pin oak tree that has small sections where leaves are turning brown. It's happening on different sections of the branches, not through the whole thing. Is that a sign that a ...

Oak leaf itch mites, tiny pests that feed on cicada eggs and oak midge fly larvae, can cause itchy rashes in humans. Symptoms of oak leaf itch mite bites include intense itching, rashes, and ...

Bacterial leaf scorch, a slow-killing disease with no known cure, is spreading among two popular shade trees in Lancaster County: pin oaks and red oaks. "It's a significant problem. It saddens me to ...