Aukema says the newest forecast model has demonstrated "proof of concept;" when applied retroactively to the last mountain pine beetle outbreak in the '70s, it correctly predicted infestation ...

The tiny mountain pine beetle has transformed British Columbia’s vast pine forests into a major source of greenhouse gases, federal scientists say. By the time the unprecedented infestation ends ...

Pine trees near Grandby, Colo., show the signature rust color of the 'red stage' of a pine beetle attack. Newly attacked trees turn red about one year after an infestation and can stay that way ...

Alberta’s Environment Minister, Diana McQueen, said the government is aggressively trying to stop the beetle from spreading. "It is important for us as a nation to stop it here and not have it move ...

A dead pine beetle is shown on the inside of a piece of bark peeled from a beetle-killed tree near Albany, Wyo., on July 12, 2017. Mills in the heart of Canada's timber industry have fallen ...

An outbreak of southern pine beetles in the southeastern United States between 1999 and 2002 caused more than $1 billion US in losses for the timber industry, according to the U.S. Forest Service.

Insects on the attack: The discoloured trees in the landscape above are indicative of an infestation of the spruce beetle, a bark beetle that is a close relative to the mountain pine beetle. The ...

At last count, in 2017, 93,000 hectares of the park’s forest had been impacted by the pine beetle. That’s nearly half of all the pine trees susceptible to the beetle in the entire national park.

The federal government is adding $68.4 million to aid in Alberta’s decades-long fight against the mountain pine beetles threatening the province’s forests and to prevent them from spreading to ...

The pine beetle infestation has hit the B.C. Interior but not the coast, which analysts say should be in a position to replace some of the supply that will be lost to the beetle.

Two years ago, 35,000 pine trees in the southern Rocky Mountains had to be cut down and burned to control infestations. Last year, that number dropped to $15,000 trees.

Scientists probe genetic workings of pests, trees.That is to say, predictions about when, where and how fiercely the pine beetle will strike next aren’t always accurate. A new joint research ...