Thousands of East Texas trees are dead because of scorching temperatures, dry ground, root damage from Hurricane Rita, and pine beetles. Entomologist Joe Pase said, "Some of those trees that have had ...

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 ...

As he waits with his daughter for the school bus, Tom Langmead can hear the pine bark beetles munching on pine trees at High Oaks Park. “You can actually hear them as you're standing at the bus stop – ...

HOUSTON The Southern Black Pine Beetle is a household name, especially in communities like Kingwood. While infestations are common these parts, the pine trees are made even more vulnerable during ...

DENVER, Sept. 5 (UPI) --Tiny bark beetles the size of a black bean have killed entire mountainsides of pine trees in the western U.S, but ecologists and forest managers disagree about whether they are ...

Anyone who's driven over McDonald Pass and seen the swaths of red, dead trees has to wonder: Will pine bark beetles attack Missoula, too? Red gashes have appeared on the North Hills, in Pattee Canyon ...

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 ...

Trees with smoother bark are better at repelling attacks by mountain pine beetles, which have difficulty gripping the slippery surface, according to a new study by the University of Colorado Boulder.

The 2.5 million acres of Colorado forest killed in recent years by pine bark beetles were actually taken out by global warming, former Vice President Al Gore said Friday evening at the Aspen Institute ...

A persistent pest killing parched pines in Spokane’s oldest municipal golf course prompted park officials to take the extraordinary step of cutting down dozens of trees this winter. Earlier this month ...

They ‘go crazy’ in even-aged ponderosa pine forests, which is the makeup of that area The U.S. Forest Service is concerned that a bark beetle outbreak happening now in Narraguinnep Canyon might make ...