Bark beetle damage has more than doubled for two consecutive years as warmer winters extend the insects' active season across ...

Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

Mar. 29—Every year, John Formby spends weeks flying in a plane above New Mexico's forests, looking for trees with signs of insect damage and stress from heat and drought. The state forest health ...

Learn more about the chemical arms race between a fungus, a tree, and a beetle.

Occasionally, homeowners will notice small holes in the trunks of landscape trees. This may not mean impending death to the tree, but it’s not good. The presence of holes usually means that an insect ...

Metagenomic sequencing of tree bark microbiota indicated their ability to process some atmospheric gases, highlighting their ...

Don't stress if you have a tree that's not looking its best in the bark department. You can save a tree with damaged bark by first assessing the type of damage. Once you know the severity, you have a ...

The number of conifer trees dying in New Mexico’s forests from bark beetle attacks more than doubled last year to 70,000 acres, especially near burn scars left by wildfires in 2022. Bark beetles ...

Last week felt like I should have been working in the garden, flying a kite, or wade fishing for crappie. Other than the two ...