Whitebark pine is a threatened tree species that provides ecological and cultural value across its range in the U.S. West and Canada. Scientists have sequenced its genome, presenting new opportunities ...

Whitebark pine depends heavily on nutcrackers for seed dispersal and germination; but if whitebark pine seeds aren't abundant, the nutcracker will find another food source, making it harder for ...

Whitebark pines are unmistakable, with their stout, twisted trunks — shaped but not dominated by the wind — topped with clumps of needles on upswept branches. But by 2016, over half of those still ...

Many of you know about whitebark pine — the high-elevation, slow-growing, five-needled pine trees that provide a critical fall food source for many grizzly bears. Whitebark pine has a typical life ...

Whitebark pines are unmistakable, with stout, twisted trunks that are shaped but not dominated by the wind and topped with bundles of needles on upswept branches. But by 2016, over half of the trees ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Seen are whitebark pine that have succumbed to mountain pine beetles through the Gros Ventre area east of Jackson Hole, Wyo ...

Diana Tomback studies whitebark pine across the West in places like the Custer-Gallatin National Forest outside Yellowstone. (E.R. Pansing) Dorena Genetic Resource Center near Cottage Grove, Ore., ...

Whitebark pines are five-needle pine trees that grow at high elevations. The Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation is inviting the public to learn more about the tree and conservation efforts at a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Scientists announced this month they have successfully sequenced the whitebark pine genome, a ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Whitebark pine — a high-elevation tree that supports grizzly bears, Clark’s nutcrackers and other ...