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 ...

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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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

At barely a millimeter long, Thrips parvispinus is easy to overlook. But this tiny insect is rapidly becoming a major concern for growers, greenhouse producers, and entomologists around the world.

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 ...

The red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) has been a pest in the U.S. since its discovery in shipping cargo sometime between 1933 and 1945, inflicting very painful bites, and creating more than ...