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 ...

The Western Conifer-Seed Bug is a true bug native to the pine forests of western North America that has quickly spread eastward since the 1950s. Pest specialists surmise that these bugs were ...

The mountain pine beetle infestation that has ravaged forests in the western United States and Canada in recent years appears to be losing its grip. Green saplings are rejuvenating previously ...

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

A persistent pest killing parched pines in Spokane’s oldest municipal golf course prompted park officials to take the extraordinary step of cutting down dozens of trees this winter. Earlier this month ...

A mountain chickadee peers down from its perch in a ponderosa pine. Click here for larger image. Photo by Jeff Mitton. As the most recent glaciers subsided, ponderosa pines move north from their ...

Over the past several years, the invasive brown marmorated stink bug has found hospitable conditions in our houses, which are appealingly warm during Western Washington’s cold, wet winters. They’re a ...

I was settling in to answer a few emails when I heard, “Dad, some huge bug just flew into the lamp shade!” As the designated bug catch-and-releaser, I pressed into action. A western conifer seed bug ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — The city of Spokane’s Parks and Recreation Department will soon cut down 200 trees from the Downriver Golf Course because of pine beetles. The action was announced in the Park Board ...

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 ...

The growth rate of the spruce beetle infestation on the West Slope spiked last year, even as the numbers of mountain pine beetle appear to be on the decline, according to an aerial survey of ...