Strong gusts and an abundance of parched brush fed the Westhampton fire that scorched 400 acres in the pine barrens this weekend, Suffolk and state officials said Sunday. The cause of the fire ...

Within Jefferson County, the mountain pine beetle is a regulated pest, meaning landowners have a legal responsibility to ...

Pine beetles are making a comeback and killing ponderosa pines across large swaths of Colorado forests, especially along the state's Front Range, as seen here near Interstate 70 and Soda Creek Rd in ...

Helena's recent wave of brutally cold temperatures probably isn't doing much to beat back the mountain pine beetle infestation that's killing hundreds of thousands of evergreen trees around here.

They’re not out of the woods yet. Long Island’s vulnerable pine barrens, recently ravaged by wildfires last March, are facing another threat in the form of an invasive species that could spell another ...

As a warming climate invites the destructive southern pine beetle to expand its northern range, the cooler weather in this new habitat can potentially increase the lethality of the insect’s assault on ...

The lodgepole pine and spruce-fir forests of the intermountain West are reeling under a one-two punch: more frequent and severe wildfires, and an epidemic of tree-killing bark beetles. Once-green ...

ALBANY — A bark beetle that has devastated southern pine forests is moving north as the climate warms, and new research suggests cool weather could amplify its attacks. Dartmouth researchers say ...