Biological control involves the mass-production and release of natural enemies such as parasitoids and predators to control pest insects in an environmentally sound manner. Radiation is used to ...

Biotechnological advances already have revolutionized many processes associated with bacterial and viral production as well as purification of proteins from bio-process systems. Many of these ...

Some viruses, known as arboviruses, use insects to spread their infections to other hosts, such as humans and animals.

Powerful new models, combined with novel lab tools, could make it much easier to develop killer viruses. The world should ...

WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for failing to adequately ...

A Mississippi State biologist has discovered a new parasitic wasp species that uniquely targets adult flies, a scientific ...

Insects are "the little things that run the planet." Just ask Doug Tallamy, New York Times best-selling author and one of your professors. Conserving insects is the first step towards protecting the ...

Aug. 20, 2024 — Large-scale genomic analysis of darkling beetles, a hyper-diverse insect group of more than 30,000 species worldwide, rolls back the curtain on a 150-million-year evolutionary ...

The spread of the deadly white-nose syndrome, which has decimated U.S. bat populations in the Northeast and Midwest, appears ...

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Spring (Paleacrita vernata) and fall (Alsophila pometaria) cankerworms are two different species of the insect ... chemicals ...

Advances in biological research likely will permit development of a new class of advanced biological warfare (ABW) agents engineered to elicit novel effects. In addition, biotechnology will have ...