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

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 ...

A new study explores the patterns of pigmentation and wing scale structure in Delias butterflies that reflect both visible colors and ultraviolet light. Researchers say the classical palette of ...

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 ...

Traumatic myiasis is about as gross as it gets. A gravid New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) lumbers through the air, looking for the perfect place to deposit her heavy burden of ...

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 ...

For a second year, a survey of nearly 1,000 scientists across a variety of life sciences details how federal government policies have created ongoing disruptions to American research and to the ...

A new study across South America finds New World screwworm flies thrive in warm, moist regions and may persist through wildlife reservoirs. Researchers raise concerns about surveillance gaps and the ...