Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

As wooded and grassy areas are erased for buildings, parking lots, and manicured lawns, lightning bugs have fewer locations ...

June, a friend and I strolled on the Lower Loop trail at Eaglecrest. Out in the meadows, we found the white flowers of ...

It even survives the winter by living in the roots of cereal crops like wheat. Farmers sound the alarm over rapid spread of ...

Plants that attract these beneficial predators include vetch, alfalfa, corn, and crimson clover. Natives like elderberry, ...

About 2 cm long and weighing just 0.3 grams, the insect-inspired device features two tiny wings and three spindly legs. Its ...

Members of the Aster and Symphyotrichum genera are long-beloved plants with a wide range of nativity across North America.

Covering a small patch of potatoes with insect mesh has highlighted the potential damage leafhopper species might be doing to the UK crop. Grown under the mesh, the processing variety Markies was ...

A tiny insect is wreaking havoc on German crops – and it’s heading for Europe. While Germany is currently the worst hit, experts warn that the reed leafhopper is likely to spread throughout ...

It’s hard not to relate to the little insects that carnivorous plants like the Cape sundew, Venus flytraps and pitcher plants feed upon. What seems to be an inert plant, a part of the ecological ...

“Corn leafhopper populations did develop in the lower Rio Grande Valley but were later than last year and not nearly as severe,” said David Kerns, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension statewide integrated pest ...

The corn leafhopper is a tiny insect that carries pathogens that causes corn stunt disease, which can reduce growth, development and yield. The insects can also cause damage by feeding on corn.