Bradford pear trees are banned in Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. More states are looking to ban the trees, best known for their stinky smell.

Kansas City has committed to planting 10,000 trees in three years. But the city's existing tree canopy is relatively old and under stress by climate change and other factors.

Although costs to import Christmas trees have increased dramatically, Kansas Christmas tree farms have plenty of Kansas-grown trees.

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The invasive Callery (Bradford) pear trees are now in full bloom, but a buyback on the trees won’t happen this spring. The Kansas Forest Service says the program will ...

As warm weather returns to Kansas, so does a distinctive springtime odor that many liken to rotting fish. The overwhelming aroma is the result of an invasive species. The Callery pear tree, which ...

A tiny green beetle is causing big problems for the Kansas City area’s trees. The emerald ash borer, an invasive species from Asia first spotted in the U.S. over 20 years ago, is responsible for ...

Kansas agriculture regulators are considering a quarantine of invasive Callery and Bradford pear trees, which would ban nurseries from selling them.

A “green glacier” of trees and shrubs is sliding across the region, burying some of the most threatened habitat on the planet.

Callery pear trees, which include Bradford pears, stink in the early spring, break in high winds and choke out native trees, plants and grasses.

NFL Green is working with Bridging the Gap, Verizon, the Chiefs, and the Kansas City Sports Commission to plant dozens of trees in Dunbar Park.