Companion plants provide a range of services to their partners. Some deter pests through chemical compounds in their foliage, ...

Cultural tip: Avoid overfertilizing roses with water-soluble, nitrogen-based fertilizers, which prompts overgrowth of ...

He is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Council Plant Health and Protection ... evolved distinctive asymmetrical rasping-sucking mouthparts consisting of a labrum, labium, maxillary ...

Behind every fresh head of lettuce and pepper on your plate, there’s a team of scientists working tirelessly to protect crops ...

A newly identified parasitic wasp that buzzed and flew among dinosaurs 99 million years ago evolved a bizarre mechanism, ...

Preserved in amber, the wasp appears to have used a Venus flytrap-like structure on its body to grasp potential hosts.

More homeowners are taking an interest in supporting pollinators with awareness of the losses of the insects. According to the US Fish and Wildlife Service, many species of bees and other pollinators, ...

Saya Novinger took this photo of a Western Eyed Sphinx Moth as it rested on ivy growing on the side of a fence.

The magnitude of the work and effort it takes to protect our borders every day is often lost on many of us. For Sylvie Boulekouran, Jeffline Tasale, and their fellow counterparts working in ...

We hope your spring cleaning doesn’t uncover bed bugs, dust mites ... It sweeps slime particles out of the water with a hairy mouthpart called the labrum. And rakes them in with its mandibles.