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Research shows that ants are better at killing pests, reducing plant damage and yielding more crops.
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State officials are calling on residents to get involved and kill these bugs at all costs. The spotted lanternfly isn't dangerous to humans or pets but could cost the country's agricultural industry.
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In the summer, from dusk until the moon rises, photographer Pete Mauney finds his photos' subjects along quiet stretches of highway, in hidden pockets of woods and under power lines.
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One researcher says "open up your mind" to the under-appreciated contributions of the lowly wasp.
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A North Carolina-based company is looking for a few study participants who are willing to welcome roughly 100 cockroaches into their homes. It got more than 2,500 applications in less than a week.
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Although some Oklahoma residents are seeing more pests in their homes because of recent rainfall, wheat farmers are experiencing brown wheat mites because of drought. The mite outbreak is something not seen in years.
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The Swift Twisted-Claw Millipede, or Nannaria swiftae, was among several new species found in Tennessee.
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Researchers at Oklahoma State University are looking into whether a rare and threatened beetle could provide new ways to preserve meat and fight bacteria.
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Environmental writer Oliver Milman says habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are killing off insects worldwide, which, in turn, threatens humans. His new book is The Insect Crisis.
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Over the last few decades, humans have been confronting the consequences of industrialism on the environment. Environmental problems are causing a troubling trend in grasshopper populations, and its implications stretch far beyond insects.