This increase in the production of beetles provides insight into the cause of the exponential increase in their numbers. The mountain pine beetle is recognized as the most destructive of western ...

Pine beetles can quickly decimate entire landscapes. Watching for signs of infestation and acting quickly will help you save ...

As she peeled back the bark with her ax, she accidentally squished a small black beetle. Across western North America, in millions of acres of pine forest, the story is the same. Drive through ...

Thousands of acres of trees have been killed by the southern pine beetle in the 10 years since ... southern Riverhead and western Southampton. "Thousands, if not tens of thousands, of trees ...