The UK sets high animal welfare standards, but challenges remain. Discover key issues, solutions, and why proactive care is crucial for ...

Novel insecticide/nematicide technology stops costly foliar and below-ground pests in row and specialty crops, including corn ...

Honey bee colonies in the U.S. could face losses of up to 70% in 2025, according to Washington State University (WSU) ...

RNAi – functions specifically to silence, or deactivate, genes. Among other applications, it promises to be groundbreaking as ...

Farmers are struggling to pollinate their crops. And with fewer bees and rising costs, the price of everything — from almonds ...

CU Boulder’s Samuel Ramsey tackles the Varroa mite, a parasite devastating bee colonies and endangering vital crops worldwide In an age where environmental threats loom large, a CU Boulder ...

Longtime Southcentral Alaska beekeepers say that for decades, many have killed their insects each summer. But for some, ...

Overuse of chemical pesticides has driven resistance in agricultural pests, including the adaptable two-spotted spider mite. Researchers have discovered novel elicitor proteins, Tet3 and Tet4, in mite ...

MSBA Past President Emeritus Clayton Lee said lack of diversity of wildflowers, treatments farmers use on crops, and mites ...

Public health chiefs have issued an urgent warning after a surge in cases of a parasitic infection that had been very ... the spread of the highly contagious scabies mite, may be hidden as sufferers ...

The department expects the restrictions to be lifted on Monday. Scabies is an infestation of the skin by parasitic mites and is considered to be highly contagious through skin-to-skin contact.