You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various eco-friendly pest management strategies, you will encourage songbirds, ...

For most humans, ants are a nuisance. But while you may fret about them munching on your meal, according to a new study, ants actually might help to protect our food from other insect pests. In a new ...

CHICAGO, Jan. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- After conducting in-depth research, including insect and vermin statistics from throughout the United States, EcoShield Pest Solutions have just released ...

Harmful insect pests can cause billions of dollars’ worth of damage to food and livestock and transmit diseases such as malaria or the Zika virus. Finding ways to effectively control these insect ...

DALLESPORT, Wash. — Folklore suggests that garlic keeps vampires away. It also works against the invasive insect spotted wing drosophila, said Bridget Hatfield, a research scientist with Kemin Crop ...

The Insect Pest Control Subprogramme of the Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture plays a key role in the dissemination of nuclear and related technology information ...

Wanting to get the most out of your greenhouse? In The Greenhouse Gardener’s Manual (Timber Press, 2014), author Roger Marshall provides information on how to choose, heat, irrigate and maintain your ...

The problem of insect pests is not a new one, and there are many historical examples of the devastation they can inflict on both human health and agriculture worldwide. Over time, various efforts have ...

Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...

Creamy-colored and just a couple of centimeters long, the cotton bollworm doesn’t look like much. But around the world, this highly mobile moth has farmers breaking out in a sweat. Females can lay ...