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 ...

Effective Jan. 1, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture has established a statewide quarantine to protect pine forests from the mountain pine beetle. The exterior quarantine is designed to stop the ...

DULUTH, Minn. – Minnesota agriculture officials are sounding the alarm for yet another invading insect. This time, it’s the mountain pine beetle that’s already devastating forests of the Rocky ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Minnesota agriculture officials are sounding the alarm for yet another invading insect. This time it’s the mountain pine beetle that’s already devastating forests of the Rocky Mountains and has moved ...

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 – ...

HELENA — Helena's city commission met last week to earnestly discuss something that three years ago would have been a sacrilege: Logging Mount Helena city park. The mountain park, as iconic to this ...

It looks like Halloween came early in the Tashmoo Woods. As the rest of the Island’s trees remain staunchly green in the ...

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 ...