Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A western pine beetle rests on a sap mound on a pine tree. - Charles Wollertz/Getty Images A thriving pine tree is a thing of ...

A persistent pest killing parched pines in Spokane’s oldest municipal golf course prompted park officials to take the extraordinary step of cutting down dozens of trees this winter. Earlier this month ...

LOS ALAMOS, N.M., April 4, 2023—Ponderosa pine forests in the Sierra Nevada that were wiped out by western pine beetles during the 2012-2015 megadrought won’t recover to pre-drought densities, ...

A mountain chickadee peers down from its perch in a ponderosa pine. Click here for larger image. Photo by Jeff Mitton. As the most recent glaciers subsided, ponderosa pines move north from their ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Voracious beetles that have ravaged more than 9 million hectares (35,000 square miles) of British Columbia's forests have wiped out about 40 percent of the ...

The Western Conifer-Seed Bug is a true bug native to the pine forests of western North America that has quickly spread eastward since the 1950s. Pest specialists surmise that these bugs were ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The city of Spokane’s Parks and Recreation Department will soon cut down 200 trees from the Downriver Golf Course because of pine beetles. The action was announced in the Park Board ...

Douglas-fir beetles target larger Douglas-fir and western larch logs greater than 12 inches in diameter. These beetles ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Flathead Valley Community College's Natural Resource Conservation and Management students will host a training to investigate ponderosa pine trees in Flathead Valley Wednesday Oct.