It's the most common tree in Douglas County, but it's also under threat from the mountain pine beetle. As Colorado Gov. Jared ...

Although they're often confused with the iridescent green June beetles, which are basically harmless to your garden, these ...

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

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 ...

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 ...

Hercules beetles are among the largest flying insects in the world, with males of some subspecies measuring up to 6.8 inches (17.2 centimeters) long. They are also extraordinarily strong and can lift ...

Stink bugs get an understandably bad rap, thanks to their smelly defense mechanism. Here's how to identify the harmful ones ...

David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

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

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...