The California Department of Fire and Forestry Protection shared Wednesday that there have been multiple confirmed ...

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

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

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.

Colorado leaders are sounding the alarm on a growing pine beetle outbreak that experts say could kill millions of trees and significantly increase wildfire risk near some of the Centennial State's ...

Colorado leaders are sounding the alarm on a growing pine beetle outbreak that experts say could kill millions of trees and significantly increase wildfire risk near some of the Centennial State's ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Gov. Jared Polis, along with several leaders from multiple counties in the western Front Range, met Monday in Evergreen to discuss a new Mountain Pine Beetle invasion ...

Gov. Jared Polis signed an executive order on Monday aimed at curbing a mountain pine beetle outbreak in ponderosa forests along the front range. Polis said the infestation is in the beginning stages ...

Federal officials intercepted a stowaway at Detroit Metro Airport earlier this year. And it was the first time U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers had ever encountered the creepy-crawly, ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection specialists intercepted the first-ever bark beetle in the U.S. at Detroit Metro Airport this year. According to CBP, agents found the 3-millimeter bark beetle within ...

Dec. 11 (UPI) --U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists intercepted a potentially destructive bark beetle from the Ivory Coast at the Detroit Metropolitan airport, the agency ...

DETROIT — For the first time in the U.S., a bark beetle species that could be "potentially destructive" was discovered in Detroit, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The beetle ...