Katie Gannon of Trees for Tucson recently revised a 15-year-old list of recommended trees for planting in different situations in Tucson. The list eliminated some species native to Australia ...

This shrub—a type of mesquite called Prosopis juliflora—was too prolific, too greedy. Its spiky undergrowth wasn’t as useful as they’d hoped. As the problems mounted and the plants ...

In 2023 the Georgia Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the yellow-legged hornet—Vespa velutina—in the U.S. Like the northern giant “murder” hornet found in Washington ...

The species, called Vespa velutina, was first seen in Britain in 2016, after they were accidentally introduced to Europe in a container of Chinese crockery in France in 2004. Nest sightings ...

Now, with a warm start to the spring season, experts in Jersey have reported an unprecedented number of early sightings of Vespa velutina, whose sting causes an allergic reaction that can lead to ...

The Department of Agriculture has reason to believe the predatory Asian hornet, also known as the yellow-legged hornet, has been making itself at home in the Peach State since a confirmed sighting ...

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Sometimes known by its scientific name, Vespa velutina, it is an aggressive insect that poses a significant threat to our friends the honeybees and other critical pollinators in Georgia’s ...

For Google’s tie-up, the project will generate biochar from the biomass of an invasive plant species, Prosopis Juliflora, through a state-of-the-art pyrolysis facility in Gujarat. The current ...

Varaha’s project will generate industrial biochar from an invasive plant species, Prosopis Juliflora, using its pyrolysis facility in Gujarat. The invasive species impacts plant biodiversity and ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the type of trees affected by Phanerochaete velutina. A species of wood-eating fungus didn’t need a brain to pass a cognitive test with ...