A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology discovered a previously unknown strategy by which certain ...

An international research team demonstrates that the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) uses volatile fungal metabolites of plant defense substances as important chemical signals in their ...

The spruce beetle, which has significantly damaged the Rio Grande National Forest, is rapidly making inroads into the San Juan National Forest. The U.S. Forest Service held a meeting this week to kick ...

If the climate continues warming as predicted, spruce beetle outbreaks in the Rocky Mountains could become more frequent, a new multi-year study led by Colorado State University finds. While insect ...

If the climate continues warming as predicted, spruce beetle outbreaks in the Rocky Mountains could become more frequent. If the climate continues warming as predicted, spruce beetle outbreaks in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trees produce antibodies against harmful fungi. But bark beetles absorb these antibodies and use them to their own advantage. And ...

Jul. 24—One of the reasons Glen Hemingson bought his home in Anchorage's Fairview neighborhood was the thick stand of spruce trees in the front yard. "It has the feeling of a forest," Hemingson said.

Sep 19, 2021 Sep 19, 2021 Updated Oct 24, 2022 An epidemic is creeping into Interior Alaska, but it is not attacking people. It is killing forests filled with mature white spruce trees. The culprit is ...

Spruce bark beetles killed broad swaths of forests on the Kenai Peninsula 20 years ago. Now the voracious little bugs are back — and this time they're decimating trees in Anchorage and the Valley. The ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Many trees—both evergreen and deciduous—face increased pressures from ...

If the climate continues warming as predicted, spruce beetle outbreaks in the Rocky Mountains could become more frequent, a new multi-year study led by Colorado State University finds. While insect ...

One of the reasons Glen Hemingson bought his home in Anchorage’s Fairview neighborhood was the thick stand of spruce trees in the front yard. “It has the feeling of a forest,” Hemingson said. But soon ...