You can't miss the sight of those white-flowered trees each spring - or their unpleasant smell either. Here's why they seem to be everywhere.

Bradford pear trees may be visually appealing, but their drawbacks far outweigh their brief beauty. While their white blooms ...

The callery pear is an invasive tree that threatens ecosystems in the United States, and the Virginia Department of Forestry ...

Springfield arborist Noel Boyer says he’s lost count of the hundreds of Bradford or Callery pear trees he’s had to tackle in ...

Several days of stock market drops have left consumers fearful of their portfolios and have sparked rumblings of an impending ...

March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month to raise awareness of developmental disabilities and the challenges ...

The state Department of Agriculture is giving away native plants to those who show they've removed invasive ones.

Registration for the Callery Pear Buyback event is open from March 17 through April 17. To register, participants choose a native tree and submit a photo of the cut-down Callery pear tree. One free, ...

Here's a list of those significant issues. Bradford pear trees are a variety of the Callery pear, which was introduced to the U.S. from Asia in the early 1900s in an attempt to fight fire blight ...