Spruce bark beetles don’t just tolerate their host tree’s chemical defenses—they actively reshape them into stronger ...

Bark beetles can destroy spruce forests by converting the trees' defences into even more toxic substances, scientists ...

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Spruce bark beetles hijack their host tree’s chemical defenses, transforming them into potent weapons against fungal threats.

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It’s a win-win,” said Jonathan Carr, of Carr’s Cider House in Hadley. “It is a nice break for them. It kind of breaks up the ...

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A disease is present throughout forests in the Northwest, and researchers say it’s a pathogen as old as the trees themselves.

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