Madagascar forest cannot fully recover naturally because invasive strawberry guava creates nutrient poor soil.

Lately, local residents were complaining that local pine forests stopped growing and were drying up due to forest insect pests. To confirm this rumor, experts from Onon Balj National Park ...

"We conclude that a large proportion of forested land in the landscape could serve as refuge for insects from climate warming," Ganuza said. "This is likely because forests and forest edges provide ...

Researchers have examined how mulching at different times affects insect flower-visitors and larvae. Mulching is a possible management method for forest meadows and is important to their upkeep.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. --Purdue University and the U.S. Forest Service teamed up to develop the Alien Forest Pest Explorer, an interactive web tool that combines information from multiple sources to ...

When we walked with a colleague into an aspen forest near Madison, Wisconsin, in the early spring of 2021, we expected to finalize our plans for a research project on several species of insects that ...

Scientists are seeing a concerning decline in insect biodiversity in tropical forests. According to a study summarized in The Conversation, researchers suspect that changes in climate patterns, fueled ...

(CBS4) --State and federal forestry experts emphasized the weakening of trees due to drought conditions while presenting their latest observations made during an aerial survey of Colorado and Wyoming ...

Climate-induced warming is fueling the proliferation of insects keen on invading Colorado’s forests and leaving the trees they devour for dead, a new report has found. After a wet and cool 2023, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — On Friday, the Oregon Department of Forestry launched its annual aerial survey of forests throughout the state, something the agency has done since 1947. Over the next few months, ...

About 75 percent of our food crops and more than 80% of wild plants require pollination by insects. The value of crop pollination alone is estimated at up to 577 billion US dollars per year worldwide.