The first sign of an attack is usually a smell, an aroma that can be quite pleasant, like a freshly cut Christmas tree. It emanates from some of the deepest swamps and most hidden recesses of ...

REMER, MINN. - Along a lonely stretch of road inside the Chippewa National Forest, a stand of black ash trees is under attack. Discovered last fall, it signals the farthest and coldest known place a ...

Some University of Minnesota students have come up with a creative solution for a pesky problem. "Every year, these Japanese beetles would come and completely eat away at our plum trees," said Aditya ...

Three University of Minnesota students from the Carlson School of Management developed a new bug repellent, called Alure, aimed toward eradicating Japanese beetles, an invasive insect in North America ...

Minnesota agriculture officials are sounding the alarm for yet another invading insect. This time it’s the mountain pine beetle that’s already devastating forests of the Rocky Mountains and has moved ...

Aditya Prabhu loved eating the peaches off the tree in the backyard of his mom’s house. The only problem was the plant produced only a few fruits a year because Japanese beetles in the hundreds would ...

Land managers may have a new natural tool to help eradicate the emerald ash borer in Minnesota: parasitic fungi. This week, the University of Minnesota released the results of a new study – published ...