A new study finds that creating physical gaps in the forest canopy gives Eastern hemlocks more access to resources and help those trees withstand infestation by an invasive insect. The approach adds ...

In central North Carolina, in the shadows of Raleigh's downtown skyline, free museums, and burgeoning lineup of eateries, lies one of the state's treasured wooded escapes to put on your radar. The ...

SPARTANBURG — For the eastern and Carolina hemlock, the prognosis was once dire. “I think 15 years ago, it was not clear that we would be able to save them,” said David Jenkins, a forest health ...

The hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae) is an invasive sap-sucking insect that has precipitated widespread mortality of eastern and Carolina hemlock (Tsuga canadensis and Tsuga caroliniana) across ...

For more than 20 years, conservationists have been fighting a tiny insect killing the region's hemlock trees. Efforts to protect the trees through insecticide and the deployment of natural predators ...

Creating physical gaps in the forest canopy give eastern hemlocks more access to resources and help those trees withstand infestation by an invasive insect. A new study finds that creating physical ...