There is growing concern across Colorado about mountain pine beetle infestations. Neighbors in the Black Forest say they’re ...

Despite the damage incurred by recent hurricanes, notably Hurricane Michael in 2018, the pine tree industry in Florida still is a major contributor to the state’s economy. This industry includes the ...

Gov. Jared Polis has issued an executive order establishing a task force to help protect Colorado forests and communities ...

Trees, especially pine trees, are in for challenging times. Although pine trees are relatively drought tolerant, ongoing drought, as we’ve experienced in Marin County for several years, has caused ...

Once beetles enter a tree, both the larvae and the adults overwinter beneath the bark, Gale confirmed. According to Gale and ...

BOULDER - Western U.S. forests killed by the mountain pine beetle epidemic are no more at risk to burn than healthy Western forests, according to new findings by the University of Colorado Boulder ...

Alias: Mountain Pine Beetle, or Pine Borer. Adults are quarder-inch long black beetles. The larvae are white and can be found under the bark when peeled back. Both adults and larvae live under the ...

STURGIS | A Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) is a small insect, native to South Dakota that lives most of its life in the inner bark of pine trees, especially Ponderosa pine which is prolific in the Black ...

Limber pine, as seen here along the Sky High Trail, San Gorgonio Wilderness, San Bernardino Mountains, California, can have smooth bark, which discourages bark beetles. Photo courtesy of Wikimedia ...

CODY, Wyo. — Drive along the picturesque North Fork of the Shoshone River east of Yellowstone National Park and it’s tough to miss the changing forest along the rocky valley. The vast tracts of ...

Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem land managers brace for the second climate-driven epidemic this century and fear for the survival of the remaining old-growth conifers. Vegetation ecologists monitoring ...

11:07 a.m. June 29, 2022: A previous version of this story misspelled Constance Millar’s first name. Forest pathologist Martin MacKenzie strode forward on a narrow path through California’s mythic ...