Now that deciduous trees are bare, trunks and branches have taken center stage, and you might be noticing nuances and irregularities that evaded your attention over the summer. For instance, what are ...

There are many myths we grow up believing, such as the link between proximity to the television and the potential for blindness. Other childhood fables are more specific to circumventing ‘bad’ luck by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Spanish moss uses trees only as a place to grow, so it does not cause trees to decline or die. A forest is really a community of ...

You may have seen the billboards around town asking that you "Bag the Ball Moss!" and wondered: What the heck is ball moss? Quite simply, it's moss that grows in a roundish, ball shape. The problem: ...

Editor’s note: This is the first in a three-part “What’s on my tree?” series about organisms that are commonly found growing on trees in Louisiana. Here in Louisiana, we’re all familiar with Spanish ...

Q: I think few people are aware of ball moss and that only a fraction of them do anything about it. On the internet, you will find that the experts maintain that ball moss is not a parasite, it will ...

We just moved to Jacksonville from up north and I want to know if Spanish moss is harming my oak trees. There is also some kind of gray-green moss growing on the trunks. Let’s talk about Spanish moss ...