The state has tried to stop the spread of the coconut rhinoceros beetle since its first detection in 2013. So far it’s been a ...

Stemming the Southern pine beetle onslaught is one way to limit the amount of dead trees that lead to new growth and more ...

It’s been normal too for the beetle’s population to boom every now and then, and for it to kill large swaths of forest. But mainly in a single region—not across half a continent. The scale ...

The beetles can kill many species of pines, but the current outbreak is mainly in lodgepole pine. Mitton and Ferrenberg’s primary beetle study site is at an elevation of 10,000 feet at the Mountain ...