Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Emerald Ash Borer, one of the most prevalent insects in Colorado, can be treated as long as ash trees have leaves on them, ...

Tennessee's best new tool against an invasive insect species is also man's best friend — or two best friends, to be exact. The Tennessee Department of Agriculture recently added trained detection dogs ...

Researchers are using biotechnology to develop genetically modified (GM) insects for a wide variety of purposes, including fighting insect-borne diseases like malaria and controlling destructive ...

For decades, a tree from Australia spread across South Florida’s wetlands with little to hold it back. Melaleuca quinquenervia, often called paperbark, had been introduced to Florida for practical ...

Researchers are testing a product commonly used to treat ticks and fleas on pets to target fly and mosquito larvae with the goal of helping reduce the spread of diseases carried by these insects.

A French company is taking an unusual approach to tackling one of Europe's most troublesome insects: breeding millions of tiger mosquitoes and releasing them into the wild. At its facility in ...

Scientists have isolated a molecule with disease-fighting potential in a microbe living on a type of fungus-farming ant (genus Cyphomyrmex). The microbe kills off other hostile microbes attacking the ...