The insect is eating away at the sugary phloem layer beneath the bark, and in turn, turning the trees black. Cherie Reid said she first found out about the pest in the trees after a neighbor’s ...

By Aislinn Sarnacki Have you ever noticed how much tree bark varies in texture, color and pattern? If your answer is “no,” I ...

Tracing its origins to the Stone Age, birch bark has served a role akin to our ... the bark can be removed from the trunk without killing the tree. “It will still be usable in 10 years ...