Today we talk about two insects of local interest: the Southern pine beetle, which are biting our trees, and ticks, which are ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) is warning that mountain pine beetles could devastate Ponderosa Pine forests along the Western Front Range within the next two to three years.

But the real threat to our forests in the High Country west of Denver is not from bugs, but from the public agencies ...

Jul 6, 2025 Jul 6, 2025 Updated Aug 4, 2025 Don Hardin's hillside was largely cleared of trees killed by the mountain pine beetle in April with help from his neighbors but now, in early July, an ...

Some scientists and Colorado residents are raising concern that the state’s messaging and management of beetle-killed forests do not align with the published research on the interaction between dead ...

FLAGSTAFF — Pine-needle-eating bugs are pestering a thousand acres of trees near Kendrick Peak, northwest of Flagstaff. In an area burned by the 15,000-acre Pumpkin Fire in 2000 and in controlled ...

My pre-K students always jump at the opportunity to explore nature, and they also love digging into bugs. I previously assumed that lessons about insects were only possible in the springtime, but that ...