In late April, across the oak forests of northern Bavaria, millions of spongy moth caterpillars hatch from egg masses glued ...
Oak trees have a surprising trick to fight back against hungry caterpillars: they simply wait. When trees are heavily ...
A new study reveals oak trees delay sprouting leaves by 3 days to avoid being infested by hungry caterpillars, after it ...
The trees' clever tactic to outwit potentially deadly predators was detected by scientists in Germany using satellite data.
Forests don’t always wake up as soon as spring arrives. Sometimes, they hold back. A new study suggests that oak trees ...