An event at Pine View School on Jan. 28 showed just how ... with the station orbiting at 17,500 mph and tracked with a special moving radio antenna fixed to the school's roof.

This tree was infested by southern pine beetles. —Courtesy Department of Conservation and Recreation A number of conservation areas on the Vineyard are receiving state funding to help prevent ...

If you notice curious mounds of sticky sawdust dotting the trunks of the tree, this is a telltale marker that pine beetles have begun their feast. You may also spy piles of red sawdust at the base of ...

Our forests have been dying due to uncontrolled pine beetles for over 50 years because DDT, an insecticide that controlled them, was banned. DDT was banned by EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus ...

He mentioned that it’s not just any wood it’s a type that is more flammable. “The wood here, if you look around, it’s all white pine," Cagle said. "White pine has a lot of pitch, it has a lot of fuel ...

and Japanese beetles together as "white grubs", but they are three different insects. What do June bugs look like? The adult June bug is about 1/2 inch to 1 inch long with a thick, oval-shaped body.

“It was quite a surprise that these ice patches have been around that long,” said ... the whitebark pine as endangered. The tree faces several threats, including the fungal disease white pine blister ...

Experts say the southern pine beetle has killed about 80% of the trees in Napeague State Park. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports. Credit: Newsday/Steve Pfost; Photo Credit: Newsday / Steve Pfost ...

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"It’s very devastating." Southern pine beetles have killed thousands of acres of trees on Long Island, notably in the ecologically sensitive pine barrens. These altered landscapes are at higher ...

Mitchell, M. (2018). The mountain pine beetle epidemic in the Black Hills, South Dakota: the consequences of long term fire policy, climate change and the use of remote sensing to enhance mitigation.

Wood roaches have six long, spiny legs. They also have long antennae. Wood roaches are about 0.75 inches (19 millimeters) to 1.25 inches (32 millimeters) in length. Male and female wood roaches ...