Pine caterpillars feed on the needles of pine trees. In large numbers, they can severely weaken the trees, making them more ...

Colorado’s popular recreation areas were hit especially hard by the epidemic. Out of about 4.1 million acres of pine forests ...

An annual report from the Colorado State Forest Service suggests that the prevalence of Mountain Pine Beetles has increased ...

Climate-induced warming is fueling the proliferation of insects keen on invading Colorado’s forests and leaving the trees ...

Even the few species that do kill trees tend to target highly stressed ones. The mountain pine beetle is the bad bug of the bunch. Given the right conditions, it can ravage one healthy tree after ...

Possible causes have focused primarily on climate change induced stress on the trees, rendering them more susceptible to attack ... cause of the exponential increase in their numbers. The mountain ...

They can keep the ground moist as well. Pine needles can mulch the ground, making it ideal for mosquitoes. These trees can ...

This week, we meet the eastern white pine or Pinus strobus, which historically was one of the tallest trees in the eastern United States. This conifer is the only five-needled pine native to Indiana, ...

Romaine said more focus is needed on ending the decade-old infestation of Southern pine beetles, tiny invasive insects that have killed tens of thousands of trees across Long Island. Experts say ...