Hybrid mountain pine beetles threaten Jasper National Park

University of Alberta researchers Jasmine Janes and Stephen Trevoy have uncovered a hybrid population of mountain pine beetles while tracing the origins of the bugs in Jasper National Park.  
The park has become the “eye of the storm,” where two genetic populations of the beetles are mixing, which may provide even more opportunities for the insects to adapt and survive in different environmental conditions. 
The Jasper beetles have a different genetic signatu