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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

You’re walking along White Rock Creek, surrounded by the dense canopy of green. In that canopy, you see the majestic ash trees. One day, a tree gets removed. Maybe you don’t notice. Then, another gets ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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, ...

We evaluated the larval host plant specificity of Cerambycidae in a tropical lowland rainforest in Panama. Beetles were reared from standardized timber baits of freshly-cut wood exposed for 35 days to ...

People were not the first farmers. Several groups of ants, and one of termites, were tending fungal plantations for millions of years before Homo sapiens strode the planet. But ants and termites are ...

Energy is the key to life. For decades, scientists have been trying to decipher the connection between available energy and biodiversity in ecosystems. In the process, clear correlations have emerged.