The nutcracker, in turn, is responsible for distributing seeds. The nutcracker’s role is particularly important because the whitebark pine cones don’t open on their own. The bird breaks open the cones ...

Unfortunately, this tiny insect had a huge impact, leading whitebark pine cone seeds — the primary food source for grizzly bears — to diminish in large numbers. This has caused grizzlies to ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the whitebark pine will be listed as threatened under the ... Efforts are under way to collect seeds from apparently disease-resistant ...