Olive trees are generally understudied as a result, said Peter M. Brown, the director of Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research, who was not involved in the new study.

Italian olive tree growers aren't the only ones facing challenges. Spain, which produces about 40 per cent of the world's olive oil, has had a drought for two years, and along with Greece is ...

Italian olive tree growers aren't the only ones facing challenges. Spain, which produces about 40 per cent of the world's olive oil, has had a drought for two years, and along with Greece is facing ...

Italian farmers are facing ruin as a plague of “olive tree leprosy” devastates orchards across southern Europe. The Xylella bacteria has hit particularly hard in the country’s Puglia re… ...

Last week in Italy, a judge dismissed charges against scientists accused of being responsible for the spread of a disease that has led to the death of thousands of olives trees in the southern ...

Italian olive growers produce 15 percent of the world’s virgin olive oil, worth more than $2 billion each year. Spain produces even more.

An Italian olive oil cooperative lets consumers adopt an olive tree and enjoy its oil production.

Italian Scientists under Investigation after Olive-Tree Deaths Prosecutors accuse researchers of spreading disease and order a halt to the culling of infected trees ...

Nine scientists are being investigated for a possible role in enabling an outbreak of a disease that is ravaging olive groves in Puglia, Italy. The public official in charge of containing the ...