Amber was a symbol of luxury, even in prehistoric times. In places where natural amber was scarce, recipes for faux-amber ...

long-lived species and is one of the most genetically uniform forest trees, reaching heights of 60 to 150 feet. It’s latin name quite literally means the pine that secretes resin. Stands are typically ...

A new study detects the use of advanced techniques in the Iberian Peninsula during the Bronze Age to replicate a material ...

Mountain pine beetle has a one-year life cycle ... the beetles to overcome the tree’s defense system. The tree will produce resin to try to push out the beetles, but too many beetles attacking ...

Plus, the different beetles fly at different times of year. A tree might push out all its resin in early summer when the mountain pine and southwestern pine beetles fly. And so, when the ...

The federal government has repeatedly denied that poor forest management contributed to the Jasper wildfire. Earlier this ...

Gum rosin (the most common source) is recovered from the sap of living pine trees. Wood rosin is extracted ... These constituents include 90% resin acids and 10% neutral matter.

Gum rosin, also known as colophony, is a natural resin obtained from the oleoresin of pine trees. It is produced by tapping living pine trees and collecting the sticky substance that oozes out. Gum ...

Crows, jays, ravens, magpies and their various other relatives (nutcrackers, choughs, jackdaws, etc.) belong to the taxonomic ...

Scotch pine is one of the strongest softwoods and is therefore used for construction. Other parts of the tree provide secondary uses past timber. For example, it can be tapped for resin to make ...