Most scientific breakthroughs don’t begin in a laboratory. They begin with someone pausing and noticing something that ...

AgriLife Extension experts encourage Texans to familiarize themselves with the characteristics of toxic poison hemlock to ...

Oak trees are valuable to the Northwoods environment, recreation and wood products industries, but many are in danger.

Well over half of the human population is sensitive to poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac. Rashes usually peak in early ...

Stacker used information from forestry and landscaping sites to compile a quiz to identify trees by looking at their leaves.

Every spring across Europe, billions of oak leafroller moth caterpillars hatch on oak branches and immediately start chewing. Their survival depends on perfect timing: the larvae must emerge just as ...

Abstract: Deep learning methods based on convolutional neural networks can identify subtle disease features in plant leaves, thereby improving the accuracy and efficiency of plant leaf disease ...

Mexico’s mountains hold nearly half of the world’s oak species. New research explains how landscape and time shaped this diversity.

Abstract: Addressing the global challenge of ensuring a consistent and abundant supply of fresh fruit, particularly in the context of fruit crops, is hindered by the prevalence of plant diseases.

Oak trees deliberately delay sprouting leaves by three days to avoid being infested by hungry caterpillars, reveals new research. The trees' clever tactic to outwit potentially deadly predators was ...