From dogs to drones, experts are using array of methods in bid to save the spruce from eight-toothed pest
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From dogs to drones, experts are using array of methods in bid to save the spruce from eight-toothed pest
From dogs to drones, experts are using array of methods in bid to save the spruce from eight-toothed pest
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Government scientists are using drones and sniffer dogs to seek out a beetle which feeds off conifer trees

Forestry Research said the UK is the first country to eradicate the beetle after five-year battle.

Government agencies have teamed up with a canine detection business to train animals to target specific plant health problems

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Eight-toothed insect, which has killed millions of trees across Europe, has made landfall in England and could soon be in Ireland

Christmas trees are facing the 'perfect storm of mass mortality.' Enter an effort to breed 'elite' Christmas trees.