Health officials in Hood River County, Ore., are investigating three cases of Creutzfeld Jakob disease. Two have died and a ...

The 2025 Pear Blossom Festival kicks off this weekend. The festivities present an opportunity to take a look at how the Rogue Valley became known for its famous pears, and what challenges the industry ...

Rutgers University Department of Landscape Architecture lecturer and nursery owner Steve Kristoph visited the Point Pleasant ...

The “iconic” tree, found at the Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site in Newport, has been declared a hazard, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department said, and will either be cut down or cut ...

The mass planting came as part of a group effort to restore three hectares (7.4 acres) of ancient woodland that was devastated by ash dieback, a fungal disease that kills ash trees. Claire ...

A deadly, drug-resistant fungus that preys on the sick and old is continuing to spread in hospitals and senior care facilities across the country, killing more than 1 in 3 infected. Candida auris ...

A fungal superbug called Candida auris is spreading through hospitals and nursing homes at an “alarming rate,” with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ...

As a powerful Pacific storm system wreaked havoc across Southern Oregon, causing widespread road closures and travel disruptions, one local tree service took it upon themselves to lend a helping hand.

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown branch of life, researchers say.

But trees didn’t yet exist during the Silurian ... Most scientists made Prototaxites out to be a sort of humungous fungus, but the field as a whole was never certain. That, however, may have ...

(KOIN) – Thunderstorms are headed toward the Pacific Northwest with increased chances of downed trees and power outages ... as four-way stops.” The Oregon Department of Transportation also ...

A freeze of urban tree funds has prevented ... on things like managing pests and disease,” he continued. “Emerald ash borer is now here in Oregon, and we have seen what devastation this ...