Clockwise from top left: (1) Two lodgepole pines growing side-by-side with notably different bark textures, (2) a rough-barked limber pine that has been attacked by bark beetles, (3) a limber pine ...

Trees with smoother bark are better at repelling attacks by mountain pine beetles, which have difficulty gripping the slippery surface, according to a new study. Trees with smoother bark are better at ...

What do you get when you combine an architect, a farmer, an artistic mindset and a pile of thick bark? If you’re farmer Robert Petterson and architect Ulf Mejergren, you get Pine Bark Hut. The “farm ...

Horticulture graduate Cedric Pollet has visited 30 countries over 10 years on a mission to photograph the beauty of tree bark on camera. Pictured: A palm tree in St Aygulf, France Credit: Cedric ...