Bark beetles may use receptors in their antennae to detect and feast on fungus-infected trees. The Eurasian spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) – found in Europe, Asia and some parts of Africa – ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Trees produce antibodies against harmful fungi. But bark beetles absorb these antibodies and use them to their own advantage. And ...

Adult spruce bark beetles in their galleries in the bark of a Norway spruce tree. The beetle in the middle is infected with the fungus Beauveria bassiana. Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds ...

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena has investigated how these plant defenses ...

Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists recently discovered. But a special fungus can help the trees circumvent this ...

The long lifespan of many trees, which could be centuries or even millennia in the case of a few species, is a source of awe and inspiration for many. The bark of trees can often tell some stories ...