Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s been nearly two decades since the discovery that a snot-colored planthopper was killing more than 20 species of Florida palm ...

When Thomas "T" Diemer moved to New Orleans in 1988, he noticed the palm trees everywhere — especially the ones with bright orange fruit. “Once, even I stopped the car because a tree had so many and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Galveston has quarantined palm trees on parts of the island due to an incurable bacterial threat to the area's plant life. File ...

Lethal Bronzing (LB) is a bacterial disease spread by treehoppers that affects 21 palm species in Florida. Symptoms include sudden fruit/flower drop, reddish-bronze discoloration of fronds, and ...

A palm tree with a confirmed positive case of lethal bronzing disease. The City of Galveston's tree committee has asked residents to be aware of a disease in palm trees called lethal bronzing. It’s ...

SYDNEY, NSW - AUGUST 09: A Cane Toad is exhibited at Taronga Zoo August 9, 2005 in Sydney, Australia. The Cane Toad, which is poisonous, is reportedly being blamed for the deaths of a number of ...

Michael Karam drives by palm trees that look sicker by the mile. Some of the treasured palms still tower over Gentilly’s boulevards, but their spiked crowns have turned droopy and brown. Karam, the ...

Officials are urging Galveston's homeowners to be on alert for a fatal disease plaguing the city's signature palm trees. Known as lethal bronzing, the disease is spread by insects and turns palm ...

For me, palm trees evoke thoughts of white sandy beaches, warm tropical breezes, and those little umbrella drinks. Widely swaying palm trees are featured in almost every hurricane scene on the news.

A Palm Springs-based nonprofit organization focused on protecting local wildlife and wildlife habitats urged the city Monday ...