Hawaiʻi island residents have been tracking coconut rhinoceros beetles' destruction throughout the islands. Fearing the same for their home, they're urging the state to move faster.

A close-up of a bark beetle near a bore hole on a tree trunk. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey Tree Expert ...

Half of Brooks Maloof’s trees were killed due to a pest. Maloof owns an orchard in Puna on Hawaii island. He said it started with a healthy avocado tree about a month after he purchased some mulch.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Big black beetles with long antennae might be skittering around your yard or patio this time of year, but fear not: These are just ...

One morning this week while tying some unruly grapevines to their trellis wire, I came across an interesting insect that was hard to miss. It was a grapevine beetle just resting there on a grape leaf.

IDYLLWILD — The trouble started as a rust-colored tinge at the top of the pine trees on Jim Johnson’s lot in this village. Johnson, a lifelong resident of the mountain town, knew what would come next ...

MANGILAO, Guam — One of this island’s most notorious invasive species apparently is helping another, researchers say. A recent study shows that a lack of birds and rats — because of the brown tree ...

Our front yard is swarming with big green beetles. The grass in that area has turned brown. Can you tell me please what they are, and how to treat the lawn next year to prevent them. A: That sounds ...

Summertime is here, and with it comes — let's just phrase it this way — "opportunities" for us as gardeners to outwit uninvited pests that think we planted our gardens just for them. One that seems to ...