You might spot some of these woodpeckers stashing acorns in your garden, while others can be identified by their beautiful ...

Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger ...

Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

Nature gives rise to fascinating adaptations, which can sometimes lead to organisms living in some strange situations. The relationship between bark beetles, spruce trees, and a type of fungus is a ...

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 ...

The recovery program resulted in bringing 1,000 new birds to the Adirondacks, including more than 700 chicks and is now ...

Hercules beetles are known for their size, but their sound is what surprises most people. This video captures the loud, ...

Bark beetles are currently responsible for killing an unprecedented number of trees in forests across Europe and North America. Why the beetle populations first explode to decline naturally after a ...

1. Nat Geo Explorer comes to Aspen with what it means to be truly human while living with wolves National Geographic Explorer Ronan Donovan, a wildlife biologist turned conservation photographer, will ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Vast swaths of the ponderosa pine forests that blanket Colorado’s Front Range mountains could turn rust-colored and die over the next five years as pine ...

A new type of beetle has been named in tribute to Gerald Durrell, the author and naturalist who founded Jersey Zoo. The species was christened Macratria durrelli by Natural History Museum insect ...