A storm-tossed tree branch that hit Swiss power lines helped trigger a massive blackout in almost all of Italy, trapping thousands on trains and forcing the pope to use a backup generator to proclaim ...

To make sense of the infodemic that exploded in the wake of Covid-19, you don’t need to go all the way back to the cover-ups and misconceptions surrounding the disastrous 1918 Spanish flu – just look ...

(CBS NEWS)- Olive trees don’t just dot the landscape in Puglia, Italy; they define it. They are so important here, in the heel of Italy’s boot, that locals use words like “patrimony” and “cultural ...

The Salento region in southern Italy is synonymous with its renowned olive groves, some of which are thousands of years old. But a deadly bacteria, which causes trees to wither, is threatening a ...

ROME – Forestry officials in southern Italy have cut down the first of thousands of olive trees infected with deadly bacteria in a controversial bid to prevent its spread. The xylella fastidiosa ...

The building was designed to protect residents from air and noise pollution. This pictured apartment building in Turin, Italy, called a "living forest" by its architect Luciano Pia, houses 63 unique ...

Italian cypress trees can be a reliable choice for gardeners looking to create a visual screen between properties. But what if the trees, which usually are easy to grow, start to die? Reader G. Genari ...

Last summer Italian officials destroyed dozens of groves of prized and economically vital olive trees with chainsaws in an attempt to stop the spread of Xylella fastidiosa, a bacterium that has been ...

A deadly and hard-to-detect disease has been ravaging the treasured olive trees of southern Italy for 10 years. A highly trained squad of super-sniffer dogs could save them. On a sunny winter morning, ...

The remains of an olive tree near Trepuzzi burnt to the ground in one of numerous wild fires ravaging Salento. Arsonists are believed to be behind many of the fires striking Xylella-infected trees in ...