Pitch tubes, or nodes of tree sap, which indicate the presence of the southern pine beetle, are visible on a pitch pine tree at the Wertheim National Wildlife Refuge in Shirley in 2014. The beetles, ...

Many of the once-green pine trees along roadways in Suffolk County have turned yellow and orange, evidence that they are dying. They're victims of the southern pine beetle, an invasive insect no ...

An old nemesis of North Carolina's pine forests is having a resurgence in other Southeastern states as southern pine beetle outbreaks are decimating forest stands in parts of South Carolina and ...

U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her Senate colleagues in ...

EAST HAMPTON, New York (WCBS) — An invasive beetle is forcing thousands of trees to be cut down on Long Island’s East End. The Paris family of Sag Harbor bemoans majestic trees on their street are ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - Southern pine beetles are popping up more and more throughout Alabama and trees are being impacted. According to the Alabama Forestry Commission (AFC), nearly five thousand ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — A bug smaller than your fingernail is attacking some of the tallest trees in the metro area. Arborists say it’s a bad year for southern pine beetles. "(They) could be small, could ...

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.

Environmental and biological threats to forests across the United States are presenting challenges for federal and state agencies as well as private landowners. Drought, pest outbreaks and invasive ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - The Big Bend’s treasured pine forests are under attack. For the first time in recent memory, the Southern Pine Beetle is on the hunt, killing acres of pine trees, according ...