The dreaded crop-eating fall armyworm continues to spread across Africa like wildfire. This invasive insect pest, first reported in Africa in early 2016, is in more than 20 African countries including ...

Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) developing longer, more narrow and more tapered wings – shaped like the wings of ...

The spotted lanternfly is a serious invasive pest in some parts of the US, causing considerable damage to crops such as apples, grapes and hops. That's why it's important to destroy the insect's eggs ...

Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable ...

A new agricultural threat is quickly spreading through Europe, and it's only a few millimeters long, according to Euractiv. Farmers in Germany are raising the alarm about a tiny insect, known as the ...

BUENOS AIRES, June 25 (Reuters) - An Argentine scientific institute has cracked the genome of the leafhopper, the insect which carries the bacteria responsible for wiping out vast swathes of the South ...

SUTTER COUNTY – Just in time for Halloween, bats are in the spotlight. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has detected a fungus in some Sutter County bats and there's a chance they could ...

Evolution may be more powerful than genetic engineering. A type of insect has developed the ability to survive while feeding on corn or cotton that's been genetically engineered to poison it, says ...

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