Joro spiders (Trichonephila clavata) first arrived in the U.S. over a decade ago, and they've since become known for building ...

Mosquitoes are generally considered a nuisance, if not a deadly, malaria-carrying pest. Despite their peskiness, their ...

Abstract: This article provides an in-depth review of recent research into high-voltage circuit breaker (HVCB) fault diagnosis practices that use digital vibration signal analysis technologies. HVCB ...

Vibrational communication in insects encompasses the production, transmission and reception of substrate-borne mechanical waves during a wide array of ecological interactions. Insects generate these ...

Ancient Earth once buzzed with enormous dragonfly-like insects, and scientists long thought high oxygen levels made their size possible. A new study overturns that idea, revealing insect flight ...

An Australian-funded project in Indonesia is working with farmers to prevent the world's worst citrus disease from spreading to Australia. Huanglongbing, or citrus greening disease, has caused crop ...

Now that spring is arriving in Tulare and Kings Counties, perhaps you've noticed (or will soon) a shrub or tree not looking as vigorous, with a sticky substance on discolored leaves and dirty-looking ...

LABELLE, Fla. (WINK)—A tiny insect has been spreading citrus greening through Florida groves for years, causing millions of dollars in damage to the state's signature crop, but researchers and ...

Researchers with the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) have found three commercially available insect species that devour the eggs of the Asian citrus psyllid ...