A western pine beetle rests on a sap mound on a pine tree. - Charles Wollertz/Getty Images A thriving pine tree is a thing of beauty, but what if your pine tree doesn't seem so healthy? If you notice ...

STURGIS | A Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) is a small insect, native to South Dakota that lives most of its life in the inner bark of pine trees, especially Ponderosa pine which is prolific in the Black ...

As you might be aware, El Paso County and much of Colorado is seeing an uptick in mountain pine beetle (MPB) activity. MPB is a native insect that usually attacks weaker trees as part of a natural ...

Louisiana House lawmakers are convening an emergency panel to deal with an infestation of beetles attacking pine trees across the state and posing a public safety concern. Above, piñon ips bark ...

Mountain pine beetle-killed trees at Lookout Pass in 2002. Provided by Idaho Dept of Lands. Bark beetles are only about the size of a grain of rice. But for such tiny critters, they can take a big ...

A dead pine in the Black Hills of South Dakota, June 2013. The pine has the characteristic popcorn-like pitch tubes indicating beetle infestation. CATHY WURZER: It's Minnesota Now here on MPR News.

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 mountain pine beetle,” Colorado’s state forester says.

They ‘go crazy’ in even-aged ponderosa pine forests, which is the makeup of that area The U.S. Forest Service is concerned that a bark beetle outbreak happening now in Narraguinnep Canyon might make ...

Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado's Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over ...