No, they are not “army worms”. Those conspicuous white masses of webby material that are seen in the forks of branches of trees are created by the eastern tent caterpillar. Populations of this insect ...

The fall brings many webs to our Lowcountry trees. The webs are for protection against birds and other insects. Some are bad for the tree; some are good for the tree and some are just Halloween ...

“Oh, gross!” wailed Donna, my sister-in-law, as we drove along the highway in West Virginia last week. “Look at all those giant spider webs in the trees! We have them at our house too!” I could ...

Do trees actually talk to each other? And if so, how do they do it? Just over 20 years ago, ecologist Suzanne Simard discovered that trees do communicate with each other, and it's through a fungal ...