From the late 1990s through 2013, most of Colorado’s trees lost to mountain pine beetle infestations were lodgepole pines at ...

Don’t forget that under all that snow, there’s a whole community of insects, spiders, and other arthropods waiting for the ...

Two new reports on last year’s devastating wildfire in Jasper, Alta., confirm the blaze was caused by lightning and accelerated by “tornado-force fire-generated” winds and dry conditions.

There has been a recent increase in pine tree deaths reported in a swath extending from Tallahassee heading north to Thomasville and then east over to Valdosta and south to Steinhatchee. This ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Catherine Chalmers’ “Conifer Trees, Bark Beetles, and Fire” exhibit in the Institute for ...

DENVER — A new study shows that more than a quarter of whitebark pine trees – a species that provides a critical food supply for wildlife and plays a key role in preserving snowpack – have died over ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025. The ...

THIS PANEL ALSO MEETS AGAIN TOMORROW TO DISCUSS EVEN MORE POSSIBLE CHANGES. NEW TODAY - THERE'S A NEW PUSH TO HELP CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THE PINE BEETLE. SENATOR CINDY HYDE SMITH'S PROPOSED A BILL ...

The aggressive Redbay Ambrosia beetle is no bigger than Abraham Lincoln’s nose on a penny, but over the last two decades, the invasive insect has managed to kill more than 500 million trees in North ...

The state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation will pay $2.2 million to cut trees decimated by the southern pine beetle on Long Island’s South Fork, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday.

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Bark beetles evolved to feed on specific types of trees, leaving behind dried-out shells, as seen at Lake Granby in Granby, Colorado on May 31, 2025. (Amanda Pampuro/Courthouse News) UNCOMPAHGRE ...