The lodgepole pine and spruce-fir forests of the Intermountain West are reeling under a one-two punch: more frequent and severe wildfires, and an epidemic of tree-killing bark beetles. Once-green ...

Extreme drought and bark beetles now threaten California's Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to Methuselah, a 4,853-year-old bristlecone pine.

The West's ancient and resilient bristlecone pines have appeared immune to bark beetle infestations devastating conifer forests. That changed when bristlecones began dying in Utah's Wah Wah Mountains.

Extreme drought and bark beetles now threaten California's Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, home to Methuselah, a 4,853-year-old bristlecone pine.

"It's called an Ips Engraver -- a type of pine beetle," said Tony Hahn, arborist with DCPS. “It’s just hundreds and thousands of these little bark beetles that go after these trees.” ...

Western bark beetle killed nearly 30% of giant pine trees in California. Drought and high temperatures due to climate change help beetles reproduce quickly.

More wildfires could be in store for Long Island’s East End thanks to a tree-killing beetle. A wildfire ripped through about 600 acres of the vulnerable Pine Barrens just one month ago ...

Tree-killing Southern pine beetles adding fuel for next fire, Suffolk County Executive Romaine says Bark from a tree at the Rocky Point State Pine Barrens Preserve shows the maze-like, often tree ...

CHEYENNE -- The mountain bark beetle epidemic may be slowing in southern Wyoming, forest officials say, as the insects are running out of adult lodgepole pine trees to infest.

Local News Discovery of bark beetle in Bothell is ‘concerning,' state says Washington scientists were surprised to find the tree-killing bugs north of Pierce County.

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — A state’s insect expert called the discovery of a tree-killing bark beetle in a Bothell trap “concerning.” Washington state officials have been tracking ...

Western bark beetle killed nearly 30% of giant pine trees in California. Drought and high temperatures due to climate change help beetles reproduce quickly.