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Forestcast

Explore the largest forest research organization in the world alongside scientists studying, questio

Episodes

Total: 38

Ecologist Sara Brown takes us through eight chapters of her career and the 10 mentors that made her,

To celebrate the immeasurable impact of women in our nation’s history, and to honor the scientists w

Beech bark disease has been killing American beech trees in eastern North America since the late 189

The number one way you can stop an insect invasion or pathogen from spreading is by stopping it from

Dutch elm disease (DED) is one of the most commonly known and destructive tree diseases in the world

A hundred years ago, the American chestnut was the redwood of the East. It was big, and it was every

Tree species restoration—especially with species that are threatened with extinction—isn't even on t

In season one of Forestcast, entomologists showed us the ways we slow insects from attacking and kil

Mac Callaham, a research ecologist, goes searching alone in Georgia’s Chattahoochee National Forest

Any day now, periodical cicadas will emerge across 15 states stretching from Illinois to New York an

In the 1970s, red spruce was the forest equivalent of a canary in the coal mine, signaling that acid

In addition to studying and monitoring the non-native insects already here, scientists are monitorin

The Asian longhorned beetle has the makings of a disaster pest poster — a wide possible geographic a

With no parasitic wasps — like we have for emerald ash borer — and no miracle fungal pathogen — as w

Insect biological control comes in all shapes and sizes — parasitoids, predators, or pathogens. So,

With global trade and travel, organisms are moved around easily and abruptly, causing biological inv

A biological invasion is an enormous increase in population of some kind of living organism. It happ

The Northern Research Station invites you inside the largest forest research organization in the wor