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Three proponents of "leaving the leaves" make their case, plus an environmental historian shares stories of the longleaf pine and the bald cypress, two trees entwined in the history of the South.

A rarely seen ant species was found by a North Carolina State University student high up in the trees of the Triangle.

While the dangers may not be apocalyptic, zombie trees can pose serious threats to people and property.

North Carolina State University researchers are running a citizen science project to track down abnormal growths on pine trees.

The study explored the billion-dollar benefits of the county’s trees.

The State Forest Service officials say that a small beetle is responsible for damage that is making elm trees appear as if they've been scorched by fire.

Officials are asking residents to keep an eye out for Elm zigzag sawflies across the state.

Bradford pears and 24 other ornamental trees were developed from Callery pears — a species brought to America a century ago to save ravaged pear orchards. Now, their invasive descendants have been reported in more than 30 states.

It will allow people to get up to five new native trees for their yards in exchange for cutting down the same number of Bradford pears.

Forests "are restless things," writes Zach St. George in his new book The Journeys of Trees.He explains how, over millennia, forests creep inch by inch to more hospitable places.