Across the Northeast, Midwest, South and Southwest United States, homeowners are watching with horror as their lawns turn from green to brown, sometimes in less than 48 hours, and wondering, "What ...

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is an invasive agricultural pest, which first hit West Africa in 2016 and quickly spread across the continent. Experts have now found that the pest’s impact on ...

Rice plants and Venus flytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Although this suggestion may bring back some bad memories of the 2021 fall armyworm outbreak, it is time to scout for fall ...

Learn the signs of damage and use the simple “soap flush” technique to detect this insect pest in turf.

Farmers are reporting the attack of fall armyworms on their farms. This destructive pest gets its name because it travels in small insect armies and consumes just about everything in its way. Drought ...

A farmer in Bubi near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, shows damage to his maize crop caused by the fall armyworm. Aaron Ufumeli/ EPA The caterpillars of the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), an invasive moth ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Across the Northeast, Midwest, South and Southwest United States, homeowners are watching with horror as their lawns turn from green to brown, sometimes in less than 48 hours, and ...