Montana AG Live begins its 30th season by welcoming two teachers, Todd Breitenfeldt, creator of "Bugs with an Attitude", & Mike Battaiola. Together they worked with their Whitehall High School ...

A genetic biocontrol method which reduces the lifespan of female insects could work as fast as pesticides to reduce populations of disease-spreading mosquitoes and destructive crop pests, according to ...

A revolutionary new biological pest control method that targets the lifespan of female insects could significantly reduce the threat of insect pests such as disease-carrying mosquitoes by offering ...

Scientists are studying how different species of wasps can be used for insect biocontrol in the United States. Abigail Eisenstadt The parasitoid samurai wasp, Trissolcus japonicus, is one of many ...

Researchers at Applied BioSciences at Macquarie University and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Synthetic Biology at Macquarie University have developed a biological pest control method that targets ...

Discover why using parasitoid wasps for pest control remains resilient against resistance, offering a safer alternative to chemical pesticides.

Washington State University entomologist Jennifer Andreas plans to soon petition the USDA to allow a non-native insect be turned loose on an invasive weed that she calls, respectfully, “a beast.” ...

It spreads like wildfire, blanketing entire landscapes in a sea of green that chokes out all other competitors. It is incredibly difficult to kill, constantly springing back to life like the villain ...

In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating. Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Insects do a ...

Over the next year, a butterfly species may take flight in Hawaii as a form of biocontrol to fight invasive miconia plants, which is known as “the green cancer” of the Pacific and currently plagues ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... We can always use good news when it comes to dealing with problem insects in our landscapes. Anyone who has battled Japanese beetles to prevent plant carnage ...

Rhode Island is mobilizing a small army of "tiny but mighty" bugs to help save its majestic hemlock trees. Brought into the Ocean State from Virginia, the predator beetles named Laricobius nigrinus ...