Every spring and summer, a team of biologists monitors forests in the State of Mexico, outside of Mexico City, looking for ...

According to the report, the front range is experiencing a surge in activity from the mountain pine beetle. In 2021, the ...

A highly invasive wood-boring beetle was intercepted last month by U.S. border agents before it could damage forests and ...

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 ...

Climate-induced warming is fueling the proliferation of insects keen on invading Colorado’s forests and leaving the trees ...

The 2024 forest health assessment details which insects and diseases are the biggest threats to the state’s forests and where outbreaks are expanding.

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. Forest Service is responding. The project is a collaboration of ...

An annual report from the Colorado State Forest Service suggests that the prevalence of Mountain Pine Beetles has increased ...

and the beetles will "veer off course." In an overstocked forest, there’s a better chance the message is received, leading reinforcements to the target tree. But the large number of dead ...

Despite this positive development, 13% of forest plants and almost half of the wood-dwelling beetle species are endangered. It is therefore important to promote biological diversity. To do this ...