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 ...

Carol Frary is a graduate of the Extension Service Master Gardener class. This column runs biweekly and features information tailored to the area. To have your question answered, call the Extension ...

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.

The Southern pine beetle, pictured left, is 4 millimeters or less when full grown, but Alabama forestry officials are worried this tiny beetle could have a huge impact on Alabama's pine forests this ...

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 – ...

DENVER, Colorado ” A few campgrounds on national forest land in Wyoming and Colorado will open later than usual so trees can be sprayed to ward off bark beetles. Other campgrounds will stay closed ...

Bark beetle outbreaks are increasing in frequency and intensity, generating massive inventories of dead trees globally. During attacks, trees are pre-inoculated with ophiostomatoid fungi via bark ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. There is an eerie feel to this grove of lodgepole pines that I can’t quite put my ...

A version of this article first appeared in The Panama City News Herald (NewsHerald.com) on July 11, 2019. We are 10 months post-Hurricane Michael, and just as we thought we had dealt with most of the ...

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 ...

A newly-discovered species of tree-killing bark beetle has been described in a new paper. The Mesoamerican adult beetle tends to be somewhat larger than the southern pine beetle, and the holes where ...