The orsillus maculatus, a rare spore spreading seed bug, is known to be invasive to cypress and conifer trees.

When choosing the right plants for your landscape design, fast-growing ones that spill over with feathery foliage, like this ...

Decades after being struck by lightning, a large dawn redwood stands tall and proud at Michigan State University, serving an example of a species once believed to be extinct. About a decade after the ...

I wrote about the nutrient content of several types of wild fruit and how birds depend on them over the winter in the ...

Make a fun paper craft with one of the conservation education staff members as they talk about the people who leave tracks on ...

Snaizeholme is a quiet side dale, rarely visited before the introduction of red squirrels by the owners of Mirk Pot Farm where they are now protected. To get there you can either get the local bus ...

Today, there are 11 dawn redwoods on the Michigan Big Tree Register, a program of the Michigan Botanical Society. The ...

Michigan's millions of conifer trees may have just dodged a bad bug ... spore-spreading seed bug from the Mediterranean ...

These half-inch long, invasive Orsillus maculatus, a spore-spreading seed bug, were found inside undeclared cypress cones at Detroit Metro Airport in late 2024. U.S. Customs and Border Protection ...

An invasive bug species found at a Michigan airport marks just the third time the species has been intercepted in the United States, officials say. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say the ...

Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection confirm that rare invasive seed bugs were intercepted on undeclared cargo late last year at Detroit Metro Airport.