The mountain pine beetle is recognized as the most destructive of western forest insects, but the magnitude of this epidemic is already ten times larger than the greatest epidemic previously recorded.

An insect known for turning entire mountainsides the color of rust could be making a resurgence in Colorado. The pest is none ...

Even the few species that do kill trees tend to target highly stressed ones. The mountain pine beetle is the bad bug of the bunch. Given the right conditions, it can ravage one healthy tree after ...

The Southern pine beetle is "killing the pine barrens," Romaine ... An infestation can quickly kill a healthy tree and in short order can turn whole stands of evergreens to sickly orange, then ...

The beetles that kill the existing trees are going to come ... experiencing a double blow from last year’s drought and the pine beetle infestation that followed. Now, the U.S. government is ...

When they move in, they can kill a tree within a year ... He said the state will continue to map the migration of the beetle. Anyone who sees pine trees with red needles near its top are requested ...