Officials in coastal Massachusetts are sounding the alarm after confirming the presence of a highly destructive forest pest ...

Today we talk about two insects of local interest: the Southern pine beetle, which are biting our trees, and ticks, which are ...

A western pine beetle rests on a sap mound on a pine tree. - Charles Wollertz/Getty Images A thriving pine tree is a thing of beauty, but what if your pine tree doesn't seem so healthy? If you notice ...

The mountain pine beetle left a pitch tube left in a pondersoa pine tree as other dead trees stand in the background on Don Hardin’s property in Black Forest Friday, July 3, 2025. (The Gazette, ...

San Juan National Forest officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the destructive impacts of a round-headed pine beetle infestation. The beetle is native to the state but is more commonly ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — Many southern Coloradans would tell you one of the things they love about living along the Front Range is that there are few bugs, but there still are some. One of those insects, a ...

Many of the once-green pine trees along roadways in Suffolk County have turned yellow and orange, evidence that they are dying. They're victims of the southern pine beetle, an invasive insect no ...

But the real threat to our forests in the High Country west of Denver is not from bugs, but from the public agencies ...

The mountain pine beetle, dendroctonus ponderosae, is native to the forests of western North America. Mountain pine beetles, as those involved in forestry know, have been around for a long time but ...

Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado’s Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over the next five years as pine beetles begin to spread aggressively, new ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Gov. Jared Polis, along with several leaders from multiple counties in the western Front Range, met Monday in Evergreen to discuss a new Mountain Pine Beetle invasion ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A bug that is considered highly destructive and invasive to your backyard has been detected over state lines. Connecticut environmental officials say the southern Pine Beetle ...