Several ornamental plants commonly claimed to be mosquito-repellent don't actually keep mosquitoes away under real-world ...

A tractor-mounted vacuum successfully removed many crop-damaging insects in field tests, offering farmers a promising, ...

Researchers are exploring how to turn weeds into feed for farmed insects, creating protein for food and livestock feed while producing natural fertilizer. A new review suggests a circular agriculture ...

A new high-throughput respiration-measuring system lets scientists monitor up to 240 insects and other invertebrates at once, making it far easier to study insects' resting metabolic rates and how ...

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For entomology students, life does not always take place amid a crowded campus and busy hallways. One entomology graduate student shares how working and living at a remote research station has shaped ...

Several ornamental plants commonly claimed to be mosquito-repellent don’t actually keep mosquitoes away under real-world conditions, a new study shows. Researchers say people should rely on proven ...

Anna Eichert, Ph.D. (left), conducted field work with Dávid Murányi, Ph.D. (middle), Tibor Kovács (back), and Kristóf Földi (right) in Montenegro in 2025. “I reached out to Dr. Murányi in the first ...

An Aedes aegypti mosquito with an abnormally large blood meal (left) next to typical engorged mosquito (right) for comparison. (Photo by Perran Ross, Ph.D. By Perran Ross, Ph.D. Perran Ross, Ph.D. An ...

Invasive insect and arthropod species make for a lot of scary headlines—think emerald ash borer, spotted lanternfly, and Asian longhorned tick, just to name a few. But success stories in ...

Black fig fly (Silba adipata) is a specialized pest of figs native to the Mediterranean region and first reported in the U.S. in 2021, in southern California. This fly is a threat to commercial fig ...