Lake Tahoe’s forests are beloved by many for their beauty. Yet they are vulnerable. Tahoe forests, like those throughout the Sierra Nevada, have lost much of their resilience due to overcrowding ...

Researchers have examined how mulching at different times affects insect flower-visitors and larvae. Mulching is a possible management method for forest meadows and is important to their upkeep.

The emerald ash borer, an invasive beetle, continues to devastate forests across North America, killing millions of ash trees ...

When we walked with a colleague into an aspen forest near Madison, Wisconsin, in the early spring of 2021, we expected to finalize our plans for a research project on several species of insects that ...

U.S. Forest Service researchers and partners published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. “The findings of this study provide an improved understanding of the ...

Climate-induced warming is fueling the proliferation of insects keen on invading Colorado’s forests and leaving the trees they devour for dead, a new report has found. After a wet and cool 2023, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Friday, the Oregon Department of Forestry launched its annual aerial survey of forests throughout the state, something the agency has done since 1947. Over the next few months, ...

Pangolins, the jungle’s elusive specialists, survive almost entirely on ants and termites. Their unique diet, armour and ...

The number of insects has been declining for years. This has already been well documented for agricultural areas. In forests, however, temporal trends are mostly studied for insect species that are ...

America’s forests are facing significant pressures, and a number have no future. However, there are several ways a ...

Across Australia, forests are quietly changing. Trees that once stood for decades or centuries are now dying at an accelerating rate. And this is not because of fire, storms, or logging. The chronic ...

The Amazon rainforest is a biological jackpot, a climate regulator, and a living history book all at once. Scientists are ...