HAMDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Connecticut’s state parks are home to groves of beech trees. Typically, they provide a lush, shady canopy but you’ll notice a lot of branches and leaves missing from the trees ...

Observing and identifying trees is a type of play that benefits kids in multiple ways. For starters, research has found that simply being around trees improves cognitive development and lowers the ...

In just a decade, this unusual disease has spread from Ohio across the Northeast. Scientists are testing treatments, but answers come slowly. Backlit leaves of an American beech tree show dark bands, ...

Its nuts, rich in fat and protein, provide food for much of the forest fauna, along with forest habitat for a wide range of wildlife. Left untreated it is estimated the demise of a beech tree with BLD ...

Look up through the leaves of almost any native hardwood forest in Southern Berkshire County today, and you might notice an unhealthy, strange striping to some beech leaves. Then, on closer ...

Beech trees, one of the most abundant and crucial hardwood trees in New Hampshire, are getting pummeled by beech leaf disease this season. “The trees actually look quite terrible,” said Jeff Garnas, ...