Key Points Aphids are tiny sap-sucking pests that quickly damage houseplants.Early infestations can be controlled with water, ...

When cold weather sets in, it's tempting to assume pest problems go into hibernation along with the garden. Unfortunately, winter doesn't drive pests away. As temperatures drop, many insects and ...

Between the last pass of the combine and the first field check of spring, soybean insects such as soybean aphid and bean leaf beetle are quietly positioning themselves for a comeback. What you do in ...

Above: lady beetles are being released into Purdue greenhouses as a biological control agent. Photo by Purdue University. Some insects are pests, but not all insects are bad. Overwhelmingly, the ...

Evolution is unfolding in real time within many natural animal populations and researchers are now observing how this influences biodiversity in the field. In a newly published study in Molecular ...

Insect netting can make a huge difference to your yard, but it's important to select the correct variety, keeping in mind which pests are damaging your plants.

Scientists examined the biological variations in pea aphids, insects that reproduce frequently enough to evolve before our eyes, by tracing the prevalence of their protective endosymbiont, ...