That's critical as the beetle infestation spreads. The Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection calls the spruce beetle "the most damaging insect in Alaska's forests." The identification ...

The U.S. Forest Service and other partner organizations will be undertaking mitigation efforts for spruce beetle-killed trees ...

A recent study published in Forest Ecosystems explores how different management strategies affect beetle diversity in spruce ...

Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already before any visible signs of tree mortality appear, a recent study shows. Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already ...

A new machine-learning system developed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks can automatically produce detailed maps from satellite data to show locations of likely beetle-killed spruce trees in ...