Nature is full of amazing adaptations, some of which are almost difficult to imagine. One such example is that of the ...

The part of the festival involving the actual burning of the beetle was originally scheduled for this Saturday, but has been ...

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

Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

Native fungi from forests killed emerald ash borers in lab tests, offering a potential new biological tool to slow the ...

Bark beetle damage has more than doubled for two consecutive years as warmer winters extend the insects' active season across ...

This is because the beetle can break down the plant-derived compounds (phenolic glucosides) via a water-mediated process ...

A tiny beetle responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of oak trees in Southern California has reached Ventura County, ...