The southern pine beetle was first found on Long Island in 2014 and has since infected "tens of thousands of acres" in ...

By Jack Motz Governor Kathy Hochul announced during a visit to Montauk last week that the State Parks Office will spend $2.2 ...

New York State Parks officials will begin removing dead trees from Napeague State Park in East Hampton after they were ravaged by infestations by the southern pine beetle. Officials said the ...

The southern pine beetle jumps from tree to tree killing each one it its path. This year's infestation will likely add to the state's growing $254 million bill.

A Cobb County resident asks how to protect pine trees from beetles. Plus: advice on drying onions indoors and removing overgrown arborvitae.

Southern pine beetles continue to increase, threaten trees in Alabama In this photo taken Friday, June 12, 2015, in Rocky Point, N.Y., Ian Dunn, a forester with the New York Department of ...

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 ...

The Alabama Forestry Commission says this is the worst outbreak of southern pine beetles in almost 25 years.

The southern pine beetle larvae feed and develop on a symbiotic fungus (Entomocorticium perryae) in Florida. The adult female introduces the fungus into a tree's phloem, which serves as a ...

This year, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and South Carolina has moderate to high activity which has a major impact on southern yellow pine trees.