Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already before any visible signs of tree mortality appear, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland published in Trees ...

Bark beetles have hard, smooth, stout bodies and range from 1.3 to 2.9 mm in length, depending on gender and species. The majority of bark beetles are female; males are smaller and flightless. Adult ...

As she peeled back the bark with her ax, she accidentally squished a small black beetle. Across western North America, in millions of acres of pine forest, the story is the same. Drive through ...

For the last 15 years or so, these bugs have been living it up.” So begins a new short-film series that investigates the story of the bark beetle outbreak in our western forests and shows how the U.S.

The Colorado State Forest Service released its annual forest health report, a deep dive into the condition of Colorado’s ...

Western balsam bark beetles are infesting trees in higher elevations in northwest Colorado, according to the CSFS. Piñon Ips beetles and Douglas-fir beetles are also threatening forests in the area.

Scientists have recorded bark beetle stress chirps and played them back into trees to disrupt and deter other bark beetles. Scientists are trying to developing an artificial beetle to capitalise ...