Manipulating Genetics to Control Destructive Locusts
All locusts are grasshoppers, but not all grasshoppers are locusts. Locusts are a special type of grasshopper capable of altering their shape, color and behavior in response to a change […]
Stink Bugs May be Good for Something After All
These invasive stinkers may actually help feed some native insects by wounding plants, which then leak sap that wasps and ants can feed on.
Chinese Wasps are Taking on the Emerald Ash Borer
The emerald ash borer (EAB), a relatively new invasive insect pest, has killed tens of millions of ash trees throughout the eastern United States since it was first detected in […]
Researchers Enlist Public to Sort More than 1 Million Bugs Online
Insect aficionados from across the world can now become part of a UC Berkeley entomology research team through a new citizen science project, which officially launched last Wednesday. CalBug, a […]