Research on bark and wood-boring beetles and their mutualistic interactions with microorganisms is rapidly evolving, driven by the need to understand the ...

As I walked past a small, damaged cottonwood tree, I noticed an iridescent movement. It was a black beetle with numerous glimmering dots, even on its large eyes. It had an oval body, a blunt head and ...

Reporter Carolyn Beeler spoke to Dion Lerman at the Pennsylvania Integrated Pest Management Program, a service of Penn State University, to find an answer. Lerman said there are no publicly funded ...

Meet America s newest pest. It s a small wood-boring beetle from India, and it could be in decorative pine cones or potpourri in your home. If the beetle takes to its new surroundings, pine trees ...