Most of the tree mortality can be attributed in part to drought or bark and engraver beetle attacks ... with an estimated 380,000 dead trees across 44,000 acres in 2021 compared to 390,000 dead ...

From microbes to four-legged critters, dead trees play an essential role in a forest’s ecosystem. Experts say it's rare that removal is necessary. Letting dead trees, like this bristlecone pine ...

Fir engraver beetles were the suspect behind 64% of the dead trees counted in the 2021 survey, and Mustatia said Lake Tahoe is seeing the work of bark beetles, too. Across the state of California ...

Dead or decaying trees in your own yard can be a nuisance with shedding limbs, peeling bark and barren branches. It can be tempting to take care of the problem yourself with a chainsaw or an ax ...

It may be a natural function of any member of the microbial soup that grows inside a dead tree.” The researchers are optimistic that pinpointing bark beetle-attracting compounds could lead to ...

In recent years, several bark beetle species have aggressively attacked forests from North America to Australia, leaving ominous strands of dead trees in their wake. But trees aren’t defenseless.

A canker on a red oak tree in Texas. Cankers are areas of dead bark on trees. The scariest thing in yards this Halloween may not be trick-or-treaters, but "zombie trees." These trees aren't dead ...