The southern pine beetle (SPB) (Dendroctonus frontalis) and black turpentine beetle (BTB) (Dendroctonus terebrans) are serious pests of pines in Florida’s natural, cultivated, and landscape areas.

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Look at a tree damaged by a bark beetle, and the weaving tunnels might look like an alien language. For a tree already stressed by drought or other factors, it can spell doom. Dense forests are often ...

Forests across Central Europe are facing mounting pressure from climate-induced bark beetle outbreaks. These outbreaks have not only led to the loss of millions of trees but also significant economic ...

As he drove through the Sierra Nevada in 2019, Zachary Robbins noticed all the dead trees. Most of them had probably died around 2016 thanks to a combination of California’s drought and its growing ...