Long-horned beetles have not suddenly appeared out of nowhere; weak pine trees helped them increase their numbers. In Kansai and along the Seto Inland Sea red pines have been wiped out in huge ...

This double trunk pine tree, positioned right next to the water, was an easy removal task. With two trunks to manage, the process was straightforward, but the proximity to the water required extra ...

The female beetle initially begins her attack on the lower eight to 10 feet of the tree’s main trunk. As the attack progresses, the upper parts of the trunk will show signs of infestation.

MODESTO. A drought-stricken pine tree has left this world but continues to give a spiritual lift through a message at its literal core. A gracefully flowing cross shows plainly on the trunk of a ...

Most pine trees grow from a central terminal bud and develop a single group of side branches along their trunk, called a whorl. Counting the number of whorls along the trunk of a pine tree is a ...

Q. We found a pine tree with distinctive rings spaced from several inches to more than a foot apart around the trunk. It looked like the bark had been damaged, leaving scars on the tree. I know ...

Oldest European Tree Found—And It's Having a Growth Spurt. A Heldreich's pine discovered in southern Italy has been thriving in a remote part of a national park for 1,230 years.