State agriculture inspectors were on the lookout for aggressive yellow-jacket wasps hitchhiking on this year’s shipment of Christmas trees but instead found slugs in 11 shipping containers yesterday, ...

HONOLULU (AP) — State agriculture inspectors are finding slugs and other pests potentially harmful to Hawaii’s environment in many of this season’s Christmas tree shipping containers, delaying the ...

HONOLULU -- Four containers of Christmas trees from Oregon have been turned back, after slugs were found in some of the holiday cargo. State plant import specialist Leslie Iseke says the slugs were ...

If your Christmas tree is still sitting in your lounge and shedding needles, don't take it tot the dump just yet.

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / [email protected] Delivery of Christmas trees to some retailers has been delayed because of an infestation of pests. Select an option below to continue reading this premium ...

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over ...

Spring has sprung and gardeners are digging in. Got questions as you carry on? Get answers from Ask an Expert, an online question-and-answer tool from Oregon State University’s Extension Service. OSU ...