One of the largest tree die-offs in California history, which has turned evergreen forests into a bleak canvas of oranges and browns, appears to be subsiding after nearly a decade of wreckage. New ...

It was in that grove that Ambrose and his team first discovered beetle-related tree deaths, now thought to date back to tree deaths in 2013 — right in the middle of the 2012-2016 California drought.

When University of California, Berkeley, entomologist Kipling Will first heard that former Gov. Jerry Brown was hosting field scientists on his Colusa County ranch, he jumped at the chance to hunt for ...

A national conservation group is asking the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to enhance protections for an ultra-rare species of beetle that ... environments unique to California’s San Joaquin ...

More than three dozen live beetles, nearly the length of the average human hand, were discovered at a Southern California airport during a routine inspection, federal authorities announced Wednesday.

They will likely be donated to local zoos that have permits for such live insects or preserve them for local insect collection. Get top local stories in Southern California delivered to you every ...