.From now through the end of December is the time of year to inspect your trees for Sudden Oak Death. Photo courtesy Getty Images. From now through the end of December is the time of year to inspect ...

University of Minnesota researchers detected the pathogen that causes sudden oak death in Minnesota for the first time. Sudden oak death is a tree disease that has devastated forests on the West Coast ...

A UC Berkeley-led citizen science project has discovered at least four outbreaks of a new, potentially more aggressive form of the pathogen that causes sudden oak death (SOD) in the Bay Area. Each ...

Spurred on by two rainy years, the spread of sudden oak death in Marin and 18 California counties is back on the rise — this time with an aggressive new strain invading the Bay Area. Until recently, ...

A deadly disease threatening some of the west coast's most important cultural and environmental plants has spread again, this time to Yurok tribal lands in Del Norte County, California. With cultural ...

Across the Bay Area, a citizen science project has found four instances of a more aggressive and heat-resilient form of a pathogen killing California oak trees. The project was started by Matteo ...

An insidious biological threat spreading destruction throughout the Bay Area may not kill people -- but could permanently alter the California landscape. It is Phytophthora ramorum, better known as ...

A microbial pathogen is causing big trouble in Oregon’s southwest coastal forests. Trouble is brewing in Oregon's southwest coastal forests. Sudden Oak Death is caused by a pathogen that targets ...

Researchers with the University of Minnesota recently made an unfortunate discovery: A water mold that has devastated forests along the West Coast has made its way to Minnesota. The U of M revealed ...