A warming climate is disrupting the delicate balance of nature. An international team of scientists led by entomologists from ...

Researchers find that insect pests might grow in population and metabolism as temperatures continue to rise. This means there might be more crop-eating pests with the need to eat more precious crops.

Rachel Caron's "Silent Spring" inspired Dick Callahn, whose career has included studying insects, and toxic effects of ...

Q: I was reading that worldwide insect populations are declining at an alarming rate and that 40% of insect species face extinction in the next 10 to 15 years. Use of pesticides and climate change are ...

New research suggests the risk climate change poses to agriculture is higher than scientists realized because of the way insects respond to warmer temperatures. Credit: Paul J. Richards/Getty Images ...

Since the dawn of agriculture, humans have been unwillingly nourishing insects by growing plants that they then devour. Their mandibles consume somewhere between 10 and 20 percent of crops produced ...

New research shows invasive species are reducing insect populations worldwide and weakening ecosystems people rely on.

Insects do a lot more harm than ruining picnics. Some insects spread devastating diseases, while others cause staggering economic losses in agriculture. To control some of these pests, scientists are ...

Inoculating crops with beneficial rhizobacteria has been shown to reduce insect pest damage by priming natural plant defence ...

Regardless of planting choices, few farmers escape genetically modified crops. More than four-fifths of U.S. soybean, corn, and cotton acres are planted with them, according to The Associated Press, ...

How insects are reshaping nutrition science by combining high-quality nutrients with environmental efficiency and what the ...