Faced with exploding global demand for protein and the growing environmental impact of animal farming, insects are emerging ...

There’s nothing like that first spring salad you’ve been babying for weeks. And there’s nothing like walking out one damp ...

A crow or two can be a fun sighting. Several crows, digging up your lawn, can be aggravating. But really, they're sending you ...

A fear of wasps is relatively common among many. If it’s not the anticipatory buzz of nearby wings that gets you, it’s the ...

Mimicking a ketogenic diet lengthens lifespan but reduces fertility in fruit flies, researchers at the University of ...

Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets ...

Missouri and federal officials are gearing up to stop the advance of a parasitic fly that is less than 70 miles from the United States border with Mexico.

Rollins not yet comfortable reopening border to Mexican cattle US ports have been mostly closed to Mexican livestock since May Rollins says Mexican officials have taken issue "very seriously" ...

The first confirmed U.S. human case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, has been reported in Maryland, following the patient's travel to El Salvador. Federal and state officials emphasize ...

Health officials say the immediate threat is low — but the parasite’s arrival could have massive economic consequences, with billions in potential agricultural losses at stake. Stacey Leasca is an ...

Certainly; that's why Cochliomyia hominivorax is the "New World" screwworm, to distinguish it from Chrysomya bezziana, the "Old World" screwworm; different ranges, but both equally voracious. When the ...