Japanese black pine trees may be visually stunning, but growing them successfully entails knowing know what pests and diseases they're most susceptible to.

Forestry officials say that 2024 was a better year for statewide Pine tree populations when compared to the weather extremes ...

Dutch elm disease has claimed the life of a 100-year-old elm tree in the Waikato, despite the tree being vaccinated. The ...

A cute fuzzy beetle, a sea squirt that looks like a cross between a panda and a zebra, and a piranha-like fish that's vegetarian: These are just a few of the new species formally identified in 2024.

Its flashy appearance may have evolved to resemble a beetle infected with an insect-killing fungus, Tweed says, which could ...

In the fight against drug-resistant bacteria, researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton are enlisting an unexpected army: ants, bees and beetles.

It took me 4 tries and 1,5 years to get this one somewhat right. Should have adjusted the camera angle a bit earlier but unfortunately there are no reshoots when you do these kind of timelapses :) ...

After breathing in spores of a fungus called Histoplasma capsulatum, which was hidden within the bat poop, the men developed a pneumonia condition called histoplasmosis. One man, aged 59 ...

A species of black fungus at the site of the Chernoyl disaster has mutated to 'feed' on nuclear radiation that would be lethal to most life forms. In the early hours of April 26, 1986, one of the most ...

Nail fungus is a frustratingly common ailment — about 10% of people are expected to get it at some point in their lives — and it can be tough to address because medications have to penetrate ...

The genome of the fungus that helps mountain pine beetles infect and kill lodgepole pines has been decoded in a University of British Columbia study. Also known as blue stain fungus for the stain it ...