People love their chalky white birch trees. Unfortunately, so does a tiny insect that causes big problems. Only a half-inch long as an adult, the bronze birch borer started establishing itself in the ...

In recent years, researchers have discovered that trees can communicate and share nutrients via an underground fungal net. Now, scientists in Europe have found that trees also “sleep,” or at least ...

The birch trees in this photo appear to have been infested with bronze birch borer, as indicated by the dead upper branches where larvae have disrupted the flow of water and nutrients.