More than four-fifths of people cannot identify an ash tree from its leaves and almost half cannot recognise an oak, a survey has revealed. Members of the public are being encouraged to report signs ...

Scientists warn once-common species are disappearing faster than they can be counted as North America’s ash trees join IUCN’s list of endangered species due to threat of an invasive beetle Native ash ...

Scientists find genes to save ash trees from deadly beetle. These significant research findings demonstrate the importance of international collaboration to further fundamental knowledge of pathogen ...

An invasive species of insect is putting ash trees in Northern Ireland under threat, ecologists have warned. If you have visited areas around the tree-lined towpath which leads from central Belfast to ...

Ash trees are evolving resistance to a fungus which has decimated the species in recent years, a new study shows. Ash dieback was first seen in the UK in 2012 and there were fears it could lead to up ...

More than four-fifths of people cannot identify an ash tree from its leaves and almost half cannot recognise an oak, a survey has revealed. Members of the public are being encouraged to report signs ...

In 2012, a deadly new fungal disease targeting the ash tree arrived in Britain. Since then, ash dieback has killed millions of trees. Professor Richard Buggs and his team discovered genetic variation ...

The issue of biosecurity is set to become increasingly important to prevent alien invasive pathogens entering the UK habitat The genome of the common ash (Fraxinus excelsior) has been sequenced for ...

Britain’s forests have been granted a reprieve from the deadly disease ash dieback, after scientists discovered how to predict which trees will survive an infection. Researchers at the University of ...

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Scientists have made a breakthrough in the battle against a devastating tree disease that has forced officials to destroy almost 100,000 young trees in Northern Ireland. Ash dieback was first ...