HOUSTON, Aug. 25, 2003 -- The evolution of species is usually thought to be long and arduous, with the culling of bad mutations and the natural selection of good ones taking tens of thousands, if not ...

The DNA evidence is in, and Ben Franklin didn’t do it. Genetic tests on more than 1,000 Chinese tallow trees from the United States and China show the famed U.S. statesman did not import the tallow ...

A little known consequence of Hurricane Katrina and its flood waters was that in low-lying areas, where water gathered for longer periods of time, seeds from nonnative trees such as the Chinese tallow ...

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The invasive Chinese tallow tree found along the South Carolina coast is so aggressive it can turn marsh areas to scrub lands. To help control its spread, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has ...

Ben Franklin has long been credited -- and I use the term loosely -- with introducing tallow trees to the United States in the late 1700s. Like many species introduced from foreign places, they don't ...

A preliminary study by USDA FS Southern Research Station (SRS) researchers and cooperators shows that Chinese tallow tree, a nonnative invasive plant in the southeastern United States, holds promise ...

Entomofauna in monospecific stands of the introduced Chinese tallow tree ( Sapium sebiferum) and native mixed woodlands was sampled in 1982 along the Texas coast and compared to samples of arthropods ...

In the battle against an invasive tree that’s taking over the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, federal authorities are considering a new weapon: invasive insects. State and federal wildlife agencies have tried ...