When tiger beetles hear a bat nearby, they respond by creating a high-pitched, ultrasonic noise, and for the past 30 years, no one has known why. In a new study, scientists lay the mystery to rest by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every other day inside a lab on the third floor of the St. John Plant Science Laboratory building on the University of Hawaii at ...

The Washington state Department of Agriculture is expanding eight-fold the area of private and public land in the Tri-Cities it wants to spray pesticide to fight highly destructive Japanese beetles.

As 2024 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on the strides made in managing the Japanese beetle infestation and outline goals for the year ahead. Through collaborative efforts, targeted ...

Blister beetles in alfalfa cut throughout the summer months are an ongoing concern for horse owners in the southern and eastern regions of the United States. The consequences can be deadly if a horse ...

Bats, as the main predator of night-flying insects, create a selective pressure that has led many of their prey to evolve an early warning system of sorts: ears uniquely tuned to high-frequency bat ...