According to a study by the University of Georgia’s Odum School of Ecology, the species tolerates the urban cacophony better ...

Spider mites don’t make noise, they don’t wave a warning flag, and they can devastate your garden before anyone realizes what ...

CRDC will invest more than half a million dollars across 11 feasibility studies for cutting-edge projects that aim to tackle ...

CRDC's Innovation Call is funding 11 projects aimed at reducing pesticide use, optimising nitrogen use, and better managing ...

You can use this non-toxic pest control method on all kinds of plants ...

Because they are permanent pests of rose growers, possibly reducing even the most vigorous bushes to quilts of yellowing, stippled foliage and reduced flowering, spider mites can be a major problem.

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Imagine discovering that your pearl necklace was actually a string of parasites gorging themselves on your bodily fluids. That’s what happened to a baby spider in Brazil. But instead of helping the ...

What looked like a pearl necklace on a tiny spider turned out to be parasitic mite larvae. Scientists identified the mites as a new species, marking the first record of its family in Brazil. The ...

Nothing brings fear into a gardener like the thought of a pest infestation on your precious houseplants! As loving plant parents we want to give our plants the best living conditions possible, so that ...

When researchers studying spiders and scorpions at the Zoological Collections Laboratory of the Butantan Institute in São Paulo, Brazil, came across a few-millimeter-long spider wearing something ...

Connal McLean is affiliated with The Entomological Society of New Zealand and The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust. Jacqueline Theis receives funding from the Ministry of Business, ...