Eastern larch beetles, tiny burrowing bugs native to Minnesota, are exploding in number across the state's northern forest and have killed or damaged about a third of the state's tamarack trees — one ...

Late October and early November mark the golden age of Northwest Montana's landscape, when the western and alpine larch turn yellow and drop their needles for the winter. Larch live in the Northwest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 25—Autumn in western Montana is like a warm-hued sunset. Fields turn yellow in the last throes of summer heat as golden ...

The first sign of an attack is usually a smell, an aroma that can be quite pleasant, like a freshly cut Christmas tree. It emanates from some of the deepest swamps and most hidden recesses of ...

As November comes to a close, we find ourselves just three weeks away from the official arrival of winter. Many of us have seen our first snowflakes already, and last week, we had a wintry mix that ...

Gus, center, stands in a Jim Girard Memorial Grove in Lolo National Forest. (Hailey Smalley/Daily Inter Lake) Gus is the largest known western larch tree in the world, standing 154 feet tall. (Hailey ...