The Bug That’s Eating the Woods.” “Small Pests, Big Problems: The Global Spread of Bark Beetles.” “Eighty-Nine Million Acres ...

Long Island’s vulnerable pine barrens, recently ravaged by wildfires last March, are facing another threat in the form of an ...

Burning beetle-kill pine is an effective way to handle infested wood, and this quick demo shows exactly how it's done. Watch ...

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.

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 insect called the western spruce budworm continues to be the most widespread forest pest in Colorado, but a bark beetle ...

Besides leaving pine trees vulnerable ... In addition to using chemicals to kill beetles, West said other sprays can interrupt insect communication to slow infestations. Thinning forests can ...