Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck ...

Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado's Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over ...

The wood-boring beetle was first discovered in North Texas in Tarrant County in 2018 when a 10-year-old took a photo of the ...

Evolution is slow, but with the right experimental set-up—and enough time to spare—you can watch nature do its methodical ...

Japanese beetles are back in Missouri fields and may emerge in greater numbers soon, possibly posing threats to soybean and ...

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena investigated how these plant defenses ...

Over the past decade, invasive European chafer beetles have taken hold in Western Washington. Crows, racoons and other ...

Spruce bark beetles use the plant defense compounds in spruce bark as a protective mechanism. After feeding, they metabolize ...

There is growing concern across Colorado about mountain pine beetle infestations. Neighbors in the Black Forest say they’re ...

As Europe seeks to curb its dependence on China for rare earths, plans to mine the continent's biggest deposit in Norway have ...

The BLK Beetles Collective currently offers outdoor gatherings and creative nature programming for people of color.

Right now, because the trees are all the same age and are in close proximity, it’s sort of a ready-made buffet for the ...