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

Learn more about the chemical arms race between a fungus, a tree, and a beetle.

Native fungi from forests killed emerald ash borers in lab tests, offering a potential new biological tool to slow the ...

A company is pioneering forest regeneration using the "superpowers" of fungi, developing specially-made mushroom pellets.

A Scottish company is helping to regrow forests with specially made mushroom pellets, using the “superpowers” of fungi.Teams ...

Bark beetles convert spruce tree defenses into more potent antimicrobials to protect themselves, but a fungus can neutralize ...

Spruce bark is rich in phenolic compounds that protect trees from pathogenic fungi. A research team at the Max Planck ...

There are few sights more dismal than a stand of the wrong trees planted in the wrong place. When the mistake is realised, ...

To slow climate change and restore dwindling wildlife populations, the UK government aims to plant enough trees to expand the country’s woodland cover from 13% to 20% by 2050. Creating healthy ...

Scientists are warning that pollution could be starving Europe's trees of vital nutrients by damaging essential fungi. The fungi live on the roots of trees, supplying them with minerals and water.

Spruce bark beetles use the plant defense compounds in spruce bark as a protective mechanism. After feeding, they metabolize ...