pest news

February 13, 2018

Bats as barometer of climate change

Bats spend every night hard at work for local farmers, consuming over half of their own weight in insects, many of which are harmful agricultural pests, […]
February 12, 2018

Bed bug histamines are substantial, persistent in infested homes

Nuisance pest to medically important threat? New research findings show that bed bugs emit substantial amounts of histamine that persist even after bed bugs are eliminated. […]
February 12, 2018

Global warming could cause key culinary crops to release seeds prematurely

Climate change is threatening crop yields worldwide, yet little is known about how global warming will confuse normal plant physiology. Researchers now show that higher temperatures […]
February 8, 2018

Cockroach ancient geographic and genomic history traced back to last supercontinent

Armed with a vast amount of genomic information, a team of researchers has performed the first molecular dating to gain the clearest picture yet of the […]