When downed trees are attacked by beetles, the wood becomes more flammable, demonstrating another way insects can alter the ...

Carpenter ants leave behind wood shavings called frass ... to light and may be spotted around windows during an infestation.

Romaine said more focus is needed on ending the decade-old infestation of Southern pine beetles, tiny invasive insects that have killed tens of thousands of trees across Long Island. Experts say ...

On Thursday morning, along a portion of Seventh Avenue SE, the long arm of a Sennebogen reached up to top of an ash tree, gripped it and with the saw attached at the end shored it off and brought it ...

By Jack Motz With the infestation of the southern pine beetle on Long Island entering its 12th year, a separate insect and a ...

More information: Samuli Junttila et al, Influence of bark beetle infestation on stem diameter dynamics, Trees, Forests and People (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.tfp.2025.100777 ...

Government must act to remove dead trees that increase fire risk and spread and make firefighting even more difficult and ...