The South East is the area where ash dieback has had the most impact across the country, and scientists estimate only 5% of ash trees develop a tolerance to the disease. The council says once the tree ...

Ash dieback is a severe disease that has substantially threatened European ash populations, particularly Fraxinus excelsior. The disease is caused by the invasive ascomycete fungus Hymenoscyphus ...

Ash trees in the UK are rapidly evolving resistance in response to ash dieback disease, DNA sequencing of hundreds of trees has shown. The finding is good news, says Richard Buggs at the Royal Botanic ...

Ash dieback and other tree diseases are resulting in significantly more greenhouse gas emissions than previously thought because a large amount of carbon is escaping from woodland soils, a study has ...

About 100 diseased trees are due to be cut down in Peterborough by the local authority starting on Monday. Peterborough City Council said essential felling works would be carried out over five days in ...

Trees growing near roads are to be cut down in response to the spread of ash dieback. Cumberland Council has found several areas where ash trees have been infected with the disease and need ...

A wildlife charity said it was facing a "woodland crisis" as trees were increasingly suffering with disease. The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire shared the result ...

Scientists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Queen Mary University of London have discovered that a new generation of ash trees, growing naturally in woodland, exhibits greater resistance to the ...