"So many people worked to preserve the pine barrens," said one fire manager, "and along comes an insect the size of a grain of rice to wipe it all out." ...
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has released its 2024 Forest Health Annual Report, which uses data from aerial surveys and on-the-ground site visits to compile information about insect ...
Now known as Prometheus, the tree was found to be nearly 5,000 years old. That means Prometheus came into existence around the time humans were exiting the Stone Age and beginning to work with bronze.