CORVALLIS – The massive insect epidemics that have plagued Pacific Northwest forests in recent years are mostly a reflection of poor forest health conditions, overcrowding, overuse of chemicals ...

A new study finds that high in rainforest trees, insects live in ecosystems that vary wildly from the forest floor on up. Trapped at eight meters (26 feet) above the ground, this yet-to-be-named ...

U.S. Forest Service researchers and partners published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. "The findings of this study provide an improved understanding of ...

Under the term protection come not only the combating of forest fires but also of the many biological enemies of living trees. Among these latter, insects are the most important. a Textbook for ...

and Oregon— all provided by the Forest Service— the lab is next tackling the question of how to forecast tussock moth epidemics across different areas and populations. “Climate change will likely ...

Campbell said that aside from the way BWA move from forest to forest, there are other unique aspects of the insects that make them "different than bark beetles, for sure." Bark beetles ...

Sikes is co-author of a new study of insects sampled in three areas of Alaska’s boreal forest. Blanketing land masses of the north from Alaska to the easternmost provinces in Canada, the boreal ...

Indian Forest Service (IFS ... The IFS officer detailed the insect's major defensive strategy, camouflage, in a lengthy post with illustrations. The thread opens with a video he posted of what ...

There are around 1,000 known species of parasitic fungi, which infest and feed on their insect hosts until just ... how deadly fungi bring balance to the forest. I was in the depths of north ...

New products made from forest waste as insect repellent? We're down for that. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) - Forest Products Research and Development Institute developed new ...

U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management ... drought, disease and insects — and leaves some forests devastated. Older forests “are struggling to keep up with the stresses of climate ...

More than 24 acres of grassland have been planted with wildflowers in the New Forest to help boost insect numbers. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust has collaborated with six private ...