Like mountain pine beetles, fire is native to western forests ... the fungi slip out of the suitcases and grow alongside the larvae, providing them with nitrogen-rich food.

The number of beetle-infested trees in Elk Meadow Park is triple what it was in 2024. Denver7 is highlighting the crews who ...

But the beetles' hold on their habitat is not iron-clad—one, the southern pine bark beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis)—depends on the light touch of a mutualistic microbe, Entomocorticium sp. A, to feed ...

Armando Falcon-Brindis was busy with work at the University of Idaho’s Parma Research and Extension Center last summer when a request came in from an Eagle homeowner to identify the dozens of larvae ...

HABITAT: The Miami tiger beetle is found only in small, sandy pockets of pine rockland habitat in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Pine rocklands are characterized by limestone outcrops, Florida slash pine ...