But a new study finds that, despite this apparent rebirth, younger forests may not offer those birds the same quality of ...

After causing mayhem on the East Coast, the spongy creature has infiltrated parts of Northern and Southern California.

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

The impact is devastating. Forests that once showed traces of insect life on every leaf often now appear “fumigated”, they say, with barely a sign of foliage consumption, nests or eggs.

Insects benefit from the devastation caused by storms, according to a 20-year study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). Although it may sadden foresters ...

New York’s forests are in trouble. Tiny, destructive insects are spreading fast, killing trees that have stood for hundreds ...

In the decades since, the wood-boring beetle has spread east and west across the U.S. and Canada, killing tens of millions of ash trees, causing one of the costliest forest insect invasions to date.