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The mountain pine beetle (MPB) is a native bark beetle of western North America that attacks pine tree species, particularly lodgepole pine. It is closely associated with the ophiostomatoid ...

The hemlock woolly adelgid has spread throughout the state, but Cornell University and the DEC may have a solution.

Evolutionary biologists Hassan Salem and Aileen Berasategui wondered what to make of a white, waxy material that builds up on juvenile tortoise leaf beetles (Chelymorpha alternans). The most common ...

A walk along the Forest Lodge Nature Trail is never boring. I was reveling in this fact as I took my evening meander through the large trunks of towering trees. To my left, I spotted a shelf fungus ...

The alnus ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus germanus, also known as the black stem borer, was accidentally introduced by humans from its native east Asia to North America and Europe around the beginning of ...

Would you want to eat this beetle? Probably not, as it appears to be covered in fungus. That "fungus" is actually hair, however, which the recently discovered insect may use to put off would-be ...

An invasive insect from Europe and the Middle East is attacking several Oregon white oak trees in the Wilsonville area, and state researchers say it's been found in other pest traps in the past few ...

In May 2024, Vermont designated the bear’s head tooth – also known as Hericium Americanum, which means the “Hedgehog of the Americas” – as its state mushroom. The white, spiny fungus, found growing on ...

Soldier beetles are commonly spotted in the late summer and early autumn. This probably is because they are often found on colorful late bloomers such as goldenrod and Queen Anne's lace. But zombies, ...

Whether and how mutualisms are maintained through ecological and evolutionary time is a seldom studied aspect of bark beetle–fungal symbioses. All bark beetles are associated with fungi and some ...