You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various eco-friendly pest management strategies, you will encourage songbirds, ...

Three insect pests have come to my attention in recent days and bear mentioning here. The first of these is the Oriental fruit fly. The adult is a bit larger than the common housefly, except that it’s ...

For most humans, ants are a nuisance. But while you may fret about them munching on your meal, according to a new study, ants actually might help to protect our food from other insect pests. In a new ...

When cold weather sets in, it’s tempting to assume pest problems go into hibernation along with the garden. Unfortunately, ...

As night falls and the city bustle dies down, another kind of life creeps up on its citizens: Cockroaches lurk beneath cabinets and bed bugs crawl out of mattresses. These unwelcome guests have spread ...

Two teams of researchers have modified plants to produce genetic material that disables critical genes in insects that eat the plants. The technique could provide a new strategy for agricultural-pest ...

The consistently low temperatures we’ve been experiencing may be having an impact on the pests we typically see this time of ...

An invasive insect called the rice delphacid was a major problem for some farmers in 2025. With low prices for their crop and ...