A new study reveals oak trees delay sprouting leaves by 3 days to avoid being infested by hungry caterpillars, after it happened last year.

I recently heard a lecture by Jim McCormac, a biologist with the Ohio DNR. He argued that caterpillars, forest birds, and trees were dependent upon each other for survival. Each spring, deciduous ...

An infestation of caterpillars can make an oak tree postpone when it opens its leaves next year by three days, wrong-footing the insects when they attack again ...

If you’re like most well-intentioned gardeners, you might give a lot of thought to planting the “right” plants to nourish pollinators and other wildlife, with nectar, pollen, seeds and fruit. But have ...

Oak trees have a surprising trick to fight back against hungry caterpillars: they simply wait. When trees are heavily ...