Spider mites may be small, but they can cause big problems for indoor houseplants. These resilient pests can reproduce ...

(Beyond Pesticides, November 26, 2024) A study in Environment International finds that young children who exhibit higher levels of pesticide metabolites in their urine show more pronounced ...

Water flows from Fountain Big Spring in Fountain, Minn., just 40-minutes south of Rochester. The spring feeds some of the aquifers in southeast Minnesota and helps create an abundant groundwater ...

Eventually, over time, beetles, moths, flies and other insects develop genetic mutations that render the insecticide chemicals ineffective. Escalating resistance by these mutants forces farmers and ...

Geneticists have developed a gene drive-based solution to the widespread problem of insecticide resistance. In an effort to protect valuable crops, the researchers created an 'e-Drive' that ...