Not soon before the holiday season, Louisiana State University Agriculture Center reported that damaging pests are being found in pine trees in Louisiana forests. According to LSU AgCenter, the Ips ...

Georgia forestry officials released a new beetle report showing where destructive pine pest activity is highest this year.

If you have pine trees nearby, chances are you’ve stepped over more pine cones than you can count. You might have used pine cones in your home before as decoration or around the holidays, but they can ...

You may notice a pine sawfly on your pine trees this spring or summer. The pesky creatures are more disturbance than damage, but The News Tribune has gathered advice on what to do about them. A common ...

Bringing a fresh evergreen into your living room is a time-honored tradition that signals the start of the holiday season. The smell of pine needles fills the air, ornaments sparkle under the lights, ...

BISHOP, Calif. — Forest pathologist Martin MacKenzie strode forward on a narrow path through California’s mythic bristlecone pine forest in the White Mountains near the Nevada border, methodically ...

While forests can normally handle the beetles in low populations, an increase in dead trees can also lead to dangerous wildfire conditions.

If you notice a substance that looks like ash or soot on your trees, it's likely not the result of a fire. Instead, you're ...

A late-March ice storm that left a 12-county area of northern Michigan a disaster area has left thousands of broken, damaged and fallen trees. And that is a vector for pests and disease. DNR officials ...

The 2013 floods gave state trees the water they needed to fight off the mountain pine beetle and other forest pests, but a dry 2024 restarted some pesky threats “The Bug That’s Eating the Woods.” ...

This list of stories illustrates the spread of insects like northern giant hornets, the presence of pine sawflies on local trees, and outbreaks of the California fivespined ips beetle in places like ...