Here, workers band together to dismember a dead blue ground beetle, a source of protein, with one ant using its sharp pair of jaws, called mandibles, to break apart an antenna. (This photo was ...

The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is hosting a community meeting on its habitat ...

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 ...

“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.

MOREHEAD CITY — There was standing room only in the Morehead City Hall Council Chambers Tuesday night as family, friends, and well-wishers turned out to see Mayor Jerry Jones receive one of the ...

long antennae and spined fringes, according to the study. The sea bugs’ heads have gaping holes that imitate a helmet, earning the new species its name. Bathynomus vaderi was “named after the ...