In fall or winter, homeowners often discover young trees whose thin bark has been damaged by deer rub. Some trees may have patches where bark hangs in shreds, exposing the underlying wood; in others, ...

New research reveals deer may deliberately prefer resin-rich trees during the rut. These scented surfaces help carry chemical signals and astonishingly, this may reflect ultraviolet light visible to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I recently discovered damage to the bark on my dawn redwood. Could this be caused by deer? What can I do to prevent more damage?” ...

The worst threat to young trees and shrubs in winter isn’t cold or snow. “It’s bunnies and Bambi,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist in the Plant Clinic at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle.

While driving around the Miami Valley, I noticed quite a bit of deer damage to many of the landscape trees and some shrubs. Understanding deer (and other critters) behavior goes a long way in helping ...

I have always considered rubs, those white scars on the forest’s saplings, a mystery in the world of the whitetail buck. At least in my mind, we call sign made by deer "ground scrapes," including the ...

Q: We just noticed this damage to our Tower poplars, shown in the photo. The damage is about 3 feet up from the ground. What caused this? We live in south Fargo. — Shellie U. A: Have you seen deer in ...

We’ve passed the winter solstice and that means we’re on the way to spring and the gardening season. If you’ve got questions, turn to Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon ...

LINCOLN, NE—The nontimber forest products industry has been growing rapidly since the mid-1980s, contributing billions of dollars to the U.S. economy annually. Examples of nontimber forest products ...