U.S. Forest Service researchers and partners published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. "The findings of this study provide an improved understanding of the ...

Connecticut's congressional delegation says the Hamden research facility has been critical in combating invasive insects that ...

Tree deaths tripled in New Mexico during the second warmest year on record, according to new analysis of the state’s forest ...

About 75 percent of our food crops and more than 80% of wild plants require pollination by insects. The value of crop pollination alone is estimated at up to 577 billion US dollars per year worldwide.

Mulching is a possible management method for forest meadows and is important to their upkeep. During the process, the meadow is cut and the cuttings are shredded and left on the meadow. Despite its ...

Researchers have published new findings on how leaf-eating insects affect forest ecosystems worldwide. Researchers are aware of how large herbivores cycle nutrients in forests. They know much less, ...

The best-known pollinators are bees, but these are by no means the only insects that provide this service for humans and nature -- flies, wasps, beetles, butterflies and moths also play important ...