Right next to a tree stripped of its needles will be several 6-, 10- and maybe even 15-foot young trees, probably absorbing the nutrients from the deceased neighbor, but certainly thriving. And ...

From 2012: Grand Forks teen builds birch bark canoe using traditional tools NORTHWEST ANGLE, Minn. ... He used black spruce roots for lacing to stitch the materials together.

Breakthrough in the fight against spruce bark beetles Date: February 16, 2021 Source: Lund University Summary: For the first time, a research team has mapped out exactly what happens when spruce ...

More information: Eva Plath et al, Dieback of spruce plantations: Deadwood stands and management heterogeneity enhance beetle ...

Some trees across Prince Edward Island are dying as the population of spruce bark beetles surges because of stress and damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona in 2022. Experts say the beetles’ ...

One more telltale sign of the swamp spruce is a dense cover of small hairs on the bark of young branch tips. In some instances, black spruce will hybridize with other spruces, making positive ...

Mary Jo DiLonardo has worked in print, online, and broadcast journalism for 25 years and covers nature, health, science, and animals. Young trees sometimes have smooth bark that's unbroken by ...

The spruce bark beetle has already done as much damage to Sweden’s forests so far this year as in all of 2019, when the species ate through record amounts of wood in the largest Nordic economy.

Film Review: ‘Through Black Spruce’ A young Cree woman travels to Toronto from James Bay to find her missing twin in Don McKellar's disappointingly thin social thriller.

Sep 19, 2021 Sep 19, 2021 Updated Oct 24, 2022 An epidemic is creeping into Interior Alaska, but it is not attacking people. It is killing forests filled with mature white spruce trees. The ...

Hot, dry summers are fanning an unprecedented outbreak of bark beetles that are destroying vast swathes of central Europe's spruce forests which define the region's landscape. Skip to main content ...

Bark beetle experts say a recent cold snap has likely killed some spruce beetle infestations in northern B.C. 'When it dips to –40, that's pretty lethal,' says provincial entomologist Jeanne Robert ...