Mixing their own poop into nest walls gives Formosan termites a bacterial boost in fighting off human attempts to destroy them with insect plagues. A bacterial strain found in the fecally-enhanced ...

Though often perceived as an environmentally-risky practice, biological control of invasive species can restore crop yields, ease land pressure and contribute to forest conservation. This paper ...

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ORLANDO (Reuters) – Scientists trying to understand why destructive wood-eating termites are so resistant to efforts to exterminate them have come up with an unusually repugnant explanation. Termites’ ...

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An international team of scientists, involving entomologists, conservation biologists, agro-ecologists and geographers, has just revealed how on-farm biological control can slow the pace of tropical ...

Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius) poses a significant threat to native ecosystems and economies in regions where it has been introduced. As an aggressive invasive species, its rapid ...

Aquatic organisms in marine systems and freshwaters are threatened by fungal and fungal-like diseases globally. These pathogens are especially dreaded in aquaculture. But they also pose a threat to ...

This paper is a review of 3 fungi (Aschersonia aleyrodis Webber, Verticillium lecanii (Zimmerman) Viégas and Paecilomyces fumosoroseus (Wize) Brown & Smith that are being evaluated for the management ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 86, No. 3 (Sep., 2003), pp. 353-360 (8 pages) The lobate las scale insect, Paratachardina lobata lobata (Chamberlin) (Kerriidae: Coccoidea: Hemiptera), a recent invader ...