Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Native Pine Bark Beetles are found under the bark of local pines. The location on the tree will help determine which of the five ...

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 ...

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 ...

The southern pine beetle (SPB) (Dendroctonus frontalis) and black turpentine beetle (BTB) (Dendroctonus terebrans) are serious pests of pines in Florida’s natural, cultivated, and landscape areas.

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 ...

BISHOP, Calif. — Forest pathologist Martin MacKenzie strode forward on a narrow path through California’s mythic bristlecone pine forest in the White Mountains near the Nevada border, methodically ...

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 ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Natural Resources have announced appointments to the newly created Ponderosa Mountain Pine Beetle Task Force.

Effective Jan. 1, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture has established a statewide quarantine to protect pine forests from the mountain pine beetle. The exterior quarantine is designed to stop the ...

Pine beetles are making a comeback and killing ponderosa pines across large swaths of Colorado forests, especially along the state's Front Range, as seen here near Interstate 70 and Soda Creek Rd in ...

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 ...