Researchers found that they're sharing resistance traits and evolving rapidly. Researchers issue urgent warning as hybrid ...

Two extremely damaging crop pests have interbred to create hybrids resistant to more than one pesticide that could cause ...

Nick Seiter, University of Illinois Extension entomologist, said populations of both northern and western corn rootworms have ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — With the new year less than a week away, a plethora of different state laws will take effect when the clock strikes midnight, and one such enacted bill involves a staple of ...

A new study from North Carolina State University reveals a surprising transformation occurring in sweet corn fields. Common agricultural pests, the corn earworms (Helicoverpa zea), are developing the ...

What looks like a quiet cornfield is actually a busy biological factory. Corn earworm larvae eat through kernels, transform in the soil, and later rise into warm night currents as long-distance fliers ...

Eating a blend of non-toxic corn and genetically modified toxic corn can result in corn earworm pests (Helicoverpa zea) developing longer, more narrow and more tapered wings – shaped like the wings of ...

As autumn fully settles, and the trees just outside of my window exhale the last of their green, I find myself drifting towards the nostalgic haze of Angelo Badalamenti’s “Twin Peaks” compositions. It ...

Recent studies suggest that corn, also known as maize, may contribute to weight loss when part of a healthful diet. Corn is a type of tall cereal grass, which is botanically a fruit or a grain, but is ...

Bats are amazing creatures that zip through the night skies on a mission: To hunt and devour insects. “Most bats are insectivores and feed on large numbers of insects and agricultural pests,” says ...

Head tilted lazily towards the window on the train, I consciously resisted the urge to scroll on my phone, which I haphazardly charged before leaving for the concert. Instead, I surrendered my gaze to ...