This is not quite a catastrophe like Dutch elm disease ... down trees. But a fightback is already under way – and spearheaded by our own James Hutton Institute, right here in Scotland.

Soon elm trees the length and breadth of the country will be covered in the blowsy pale green red tinted blossom that makes ...

They came across a wych elm tree and one of the boys hoisted himself up in amongst the branches when something untoward instantly caught his eye. Nestled inside the hollow trunk of the tree was a ...