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

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 ...

Follow the process of bark beetle tree felling using the Stihl MS462, where precision and strength are key. The MS462’s ability to handle large and damaged trees makes it an ideal choice for ...

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.

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 ...

To protect themselves from being eaten by predators, some species have evolved clever defence mechanisms. Bombardier beetles have turned to chemical warfare, with some taking the art of escape to an ...