Even for insects, wood is a tough food source as it contains hard substances such as cellulose. To help make wood more palatable, some wood-feeding insects are assisted by symbiotic microorganisms ...

My incoming email box this last month was full of questions about the powderpost beetle and its holes in kiln dried wood, and bamboo too. So let’s put everything we know about this pest in one place.

April 7 (UPI) --A highly invasive wood-boring beetle was intercepted last month by U.S. border agents before it could destroy forests and ecosystems, Customs and Border Protection announced Monday.

UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or Berkeley Lab, researchers studying a common wood-feeding beetle uncovered a complex digestive system that can turn wood into useful biofuels, ...

WORCESTER, Mass. -- A wood-devouring beetle has gained a foothold in New England, and authorities plan to cut down large numbers of infested trees and grind them up to stop the pest from spreading to ...

Which energy type promotes the biodiversity of beetles living in dead wood in the forest? That depends entirely on where the beetles are in the food chain. Energy is the key to life. For decades, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LITTLETON, Colo. (KDVR) — A destructive wood ...

Q: I found several of these beetles in an old decaying stump and am concerned for my healthy trees. Will they attack live trees? A: No, these beetles feed on rotting wood and the fungi decaying it, ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture says August is the month for checking your trees for invasive pests, including the Asian longhorned beetle (ALB). August is typically when ...

An infestation of deathwatch beetles has led to an Elizabethan church being put on Historic England's at-risk register. St ...

Dead trees also provide shelter for birds, such as six types of woodpeckers, owls, chickadees, bluebirds, wrens, nuthatches and American kestrels.