Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

Every other day inside a lab on the third floor of the St. John Plant Science Laboratory building on the University of Hawaii ...

Then there is the fungus, Beauveria bassiana. This fungus is neither the tree’s nor the beetle’s friend; as a pathogenic ...

This is because the beetle can break down the plant-derived compounds (phenolic glucosides) via a water-mediated process ...

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck ...

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

Bark beetle damage has more than doubled for two consecutive years as warmer winters extend the insects' active season across ...

Native fungi from forests killed emerald ash borers in lab tests, offering a potential new biological tool to slow the ...

MaMA has so far identified more than 230 lingering ash trees. Most are from the Hudson Valley region, ground zero for the ...

The Namib desert of south-western Africa can be extremely hot—the surface temperature can be over 50°C. But a surprising ...