Nourishing as it might be for the beetle, the fungus is toxic for the tree, which responds by sealing the problem area off from the rest of its limbs, leading to branch dieback and, eventually ...

The trees essentially starve to death. The beetles tunnel into the wood and introduce a fungus that they farm as food for themselves and their larvae. The fungus causes a disease that disrupts the ...

Although certain dung beetles sometimes dine on rotting fruit or fungus, and two species have been spotted preying on ants, no obligate predatory dung beetle had ever been reported. But now, Trond ...

By Jack Motz With the infestation of the southern pine beetle on Long Island entering its 12th year, a separate insect and a ...

The most pervasive is a fungus caused by an invasive beetle species that harmed a California sycamore in front of my home ...

Researchers report on the influence of an endophytic fungus of the genus Cladosporium on the defense of black poplars against herbivorous insects. The fungus, which lives inside the leaves, not only ...

Fungus and beetles threaten to topple the remarkable whitebark pine. Can tree enthusiasts help the keystone species before it’s too late? Mountaintop living isn’t easy. At very high elevations, the ...