Tree-eating Asian longhorned beetles have reappeared in central Long Island, prompting state officials to expand a quarantine zone and start removing infested trees. Federal and New York State ...

MINTURN — Many Minturn residents have been awakened in the early hours by an unusual sound, accompanied by an unusual sight — helicopters circling overhead, moving in and out of the area carrying ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — El Paso Water began efforts to remove pecan shells from a field in Socorro as a way to combat the red flour beetle infestation. On Monday, crews with EP Water began to ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - The federal government says an invasive beetle has been found infesting thousands of trees in parts of Charleston and Dorchester counties, and they’re working on a plan to ...

The Town of Vail will begin the removal of approximately 26 spruce trees in the vicinity of the Grand Hyatt in Cascade Village starting on Monday, Oct. 7. The dead and dying trees have been identified ...

The U.S. Forest Service wants to remove 3,000 trees that have been killed or infested by beetles near the Starwood subdivision outside of Aspen. The project is being eyed on about 251 acres in Trentaz ...

A persistent pest killing parched pines in Spokane’s oldest municipal golf course prompted park officials to take the extraordinary step of cutting down dozens of trees this winter. Earlier this month ...

ASPEN ” At least 125 trees infested with pine beetles will be removed atop Smuggler Mountain near Aspen via helicopter and trucks this summer, and other measures will be taken to ward off further ...

SUMMIT COUNTY ” Silverthorne continued its pine-beetle battle in 2008 by clearing dead and diseased trees, making good on a town code adopted in 2007 to reduce the spread of the beetle while also ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The relationships and linkages between biodiversity and ecosystem processes are critical issues in ecology. Manure removal is an ecosystem ...

PANNONHALMA, Hungary -- Tens of thousands of centuries-old books are being pulled from the shelves of a medieval abbey in Hungary in an effort to save them from a beetle infestation that could wipe ...