The mountain pine beetle is recognized as the most destructive of western forest insects, but the magnitude of this epidemic is already ten times larger than the greatest epidemic previously recorded.

Colorado’s popular recreation areas were hit especially hard by the epidemic. Out of about 4.1 million acres of pine forests ...

Even the few species that do kill trees tend to target highly stressed ones. The mountain pine beetle is the bad bug of the bunch. Given the right conditions, it can ravage one healthy tree after ...

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

“We already lost millions of pine trees that are standing dead in the middle of these forests. There are living trees around. The beetles that kill the existing trees are going to come out this ...

A resurgence of mountain pine beetles in southern Colorado could cause increased fire risks. News5's Noah Caplan speaks with ...

The pine beetles were once confined to the southern ... An infestation can quickly kill a healthy tree and in short order can turn whole stands of evergreens to sickly orange, then brown and ...

When they move in, they can kill a tree within a year ... He said the state will continue to map the migration of the beetle. Anyone who sees pine trees with red needles near its top are requested ...

Little black beetles have dug deep into pine trees on Ray and Mary Westbrook’s East Venice Avenue property. They've killed about 70 South Florida slash pines on a five-acre lot near a former ...