Deep in the woodlands of Western Canada, a war is being waged against an insect the size of a grain of rice that threatens to spread to pine forests stretching eastward to the Atlantic Ocean ...

Warmer weather and the mountain pine beetle can share the blame for one of the worst lumber shortages in history, with prices jumping 200-300% higher than pre-pandemic levels.

Pine Bark Beetles Poised ... which began in the 1990s but accelerated from 2004 to 2011 to become one of the worst ecological disasters in Canadian ... Moving to tree species that have few ...

EN_Interview_1-20190710-WIE10. The beetle larvae burrows under the bark of the pine tree and chews along the vital layer underneath that transports nutrients between roots and leaves or needles ...

The Canadian Rockies is being decimated by an aggressive insect that has attacked and killed more than 16million hectares of forest in the region, an area twice the size of Scotland.

The whitebark pine tree is a staple of Alpine ecosystems in western North America.These forests cover more than 80 million acres of land in two Canadian provinces and seven U.S. states, including ...

LANSING, Mich. – Steps are being taken to protect Michigan’s pine trees from the mountain pine beetle. The mountain pine beetle is a destructive forest pest in North America.

How to protect your trees from bark beetles 03:03. As Colorado experiences its signature whiplash weather, arborists are warning that stressed trees are more vulnerable to pests and diseases.