The seedhead and root-boring weevil feed only on invasive spotted knapweed, and die when the weed is no longer available, ...

The Washington state Department of Agriculture is expanding eight-fold the area of private and public land in the Tri-Cities it wants to spray pesticide to fight highly destructive Japanese beetles.

Quick Take The emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) was first identified as an invasive species in the US in 2002. It is ...

The Trustees of Reservations received a state grant to help Vineyard conservationists in the fight against southern pine beetles.  The state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) awarded a ...

The Japanese beetle can fly about five miles, perhaps farther if it gets a boost from a gust of wind, he said. While his lawn has greened up nicely this spring, there is a chance that the offspring of ...

Every other day inside a lab on the third floor of the St. John Plant Science Laboratory building on the University of Hawaii at Manoa campus, doctoral student Kristen Gaines opens up a refrigerator ...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Conservation officials are releasing tiny, predator lady beetles at three Maine state parks to stem the spread of an invasive insect. The Department of Agriculture, Conservation ...

Blister beetles in alfalfa cut throughout the summer months are an ongoing concern for horse owners in the southern and eastern regions of the United States. The consequences can be deadly if a horse ...

The announcement earlier this month that the U.S. Forest Service is committing another $1 million to fight pine beetles in the Black Hills is good news. The rapidly advancing mountain pine beetle ...

Tobias Koehler, director of the McBryde and Allerton gardens, said their priority is protecting loulu palm. The roughly 700-tree collection comprises all but one of the 27 loulu species found on Earth ...