A study finds the parasitoid wasp Tachinaephagus zealandicus to be a promising candidate for targeting the New World screwworm via biological control.

Researchers surveying southern California garden stores discovered the invasive Thrips parvispinus hiding on ornamental plants, showing the pest may be more widespread than previously reported and ...

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

Learn how creating pollinator habitats helps support conservation efforts. Syngenta partners with Monarch Joint Venture to support efforts to protect and enhance pollinator habitat across North ...

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 ...

For entomology students, life does not always take place amid a crowded campus and busy hallways. Instead, it may happen at a place like Clemson University’s Pee Dee Research and Education Center in ...

Meet Clay Morrow, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher at Cornell, expert in plant-insect interactions and cross-disciplinary innovation, and subject of the next installment of our “Standout Early Career ...

Most U.S. insects and arachnids remain unassessed for conservation risk, and even many known at-risk species lack legal protection. A study quantifying this lag in arthropod conservation reveals a ...

Delusional infestation (DI) is a fixed, false belief that living organisms or nonliving materials infest a person’s body or environment—characterized by persistent crawling, biting, or stinging ...

Veterinary medicine has always included insects, but only recently have veterinarians started actually treating insects. The earliest documented case of treating diseases vectored by insects dates ...

A common variety of consumer insecticide sprays is mostly ineffective and of “little to no value” in eliminating cockroach infestations, a new study shows. Residual insecticides are designed to be ...