DILWORTH — After an ill-fated arrival last spring, the emerald ash borer is burrowing down for winter on the Minnesota side of the river. The invasive pest, native to Asia, was first discovered in ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Mosquitoes spread several diseases, such as malaria and dengue. In 2020 about 241 million cases of malaria occurred worldwide, with a few more million cases occurring in 2021.

Scientists at UC Riverside have unveiled a new weapon in the fight against crop pests: a tiny nematode species capable of infecting and eliminating insects. Named Steinernema adamsi after American ...

Insects do a lot more harm than ruining picnics. Some insects spread devastating diseases, while others cause staggering economic losses in agriculture. To control some of these pests, scientists are ...