A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology discovered a previously unknown strategy by which certain ...

Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already before any visible signs of tree mortality appear, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland published in Trees, ...

An international research team demonstrates that the European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) uses volatile fungal metabolites of plant defense substances as important chemical signals in their ...

Nature gives rise to fascinating adaptations, which can sometimes lead to organisms living in some strange situations. The relationship between bark beetles, spruce trees, and a type of fungus is a ...

Sep 19, 2021 Sep 19, 2021 Updated Oct 24, 2022 An epidemic is creeping into Interior Alaska, but it is not attacking people. It is killing forests filled with mature white spruce trees. The culprit is ...

Q: The Norway Spruce trees that border our yard are dying, and they have holes in the bark. Do you know what could be causing this? Is there anything we can do to stop it and save the ones that are ...

Eurasian spruce bark beetles (Ips typographus) burrow into the bark of Norway spruce (Picea abies) trees where they mate and lay their eggs. Major outbreaks in Europe have decimated millions of ...

We usually acclimate plants grown indoors by leaving them outside in a spot protected from wind —thanks to a well-placed outbuilding — and too much sun, in the dappled shade provided by a huge black ...

Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already before any visible signs of tree mortality appear, a recent study shows. Bark beetle-infested spruce trees begin to dry out already before ...

The mass outbreaks of bark beetles observed in recent years have caused shocking amounts of forest damage throughout Germany. As reported by the Federal Statistical Office in July 2022, more than 80% ...