"The checkered beetle tracks the abundance of the southern pine beetle very closely," says senior author Matt Ayres, a professor of biological sciences at Dartmouth. "Unfortunately, the pest affects ...

This isn't the type of beetles invasion that New Jersey welcomes. Officials started taking steps today to protect the Pinelands in South Jersey from the southern pine beetle. The insect, which was ...

Over the next few decades, global warming-related rises in winter temperatures could significantly extend the range of the southern pine beetle--one of the world's most aggressive tree-killing insects ...

Outbreaks of the southern pine beetle can't be stopped by its main predator, but risks to forests from this tree-killing insect can be predicted with a simple, inexpensive monitoring program, ...

HANOVER, N.H. - Outbreaks of the southern pine beetle can't be stopped by its main predator, but risks to forests from this tree-killing insect can be predicted with a simple, inexpensive monitoring ...