The mountain pine beetle is recognized as the most destructive of western forest insects, but the magnitude of this epidemic is already ten times larger than the greatest epidemic previously recorded.

Fungus and beetles threaten to topple the remarkable whitebark pine. Can tree enthusiasts help the keystone species before it’s too late? Mountaintop living isn’t easy. At very high elevations, the ...

It is increasingly threatened by climate change, which is leading to increased fires and mountain pine beetle outbreaks. Like most imperiled species, the tree is also threatened by habitat destruction ...

HABITAT: The Miami tiger beetle is found only in small, sandy pockets of pine rockland habitat in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Pine rocklands are characterized by limestone outcrops, Florida slash pine ...

Strong gusts and an abundance of parched brush fed the Westhampton fire that scorched 400 acres in the pine barrens this weekend, Suffolk and state officials said Sunday. The cause of the fire ...