Pests are expected to eat and breed more, scientists say Rising global temperatures are leading to a boom in the number of insects devouring crops worldwide, and could cause future food shortages, ...

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Wild bees, such as this Andrena bee visiting highbush blueberry flowers, provide crucial pollination services to crops across the globe. Photo by Rufus Isaacs Insect pollination is crucial for the ...

Insects already eat between 5 and 20 percent of the most important grain crops produced around the world — and new research finds that they could be responsible for even more crop damage in the near ...

Scientists have made a discovery that could provide a new means to control insect crop pests around the globe. A team of scientists from the University of Greenwich's Natural Resources Institute (NRI) ...

They have needlelike mouths, a keen sense of smell and few natural enemies. And they’re marching into the San Francisco Bay Area, delivering doom to backyard gardens and favored crops such as broccoli ...

Good news for crop farmers this week with UK scientists discovering molecules they hope will confuse insects’ sense of smell and therefore their ability to detect plants – and each other. The ...

Cornell University entomologist Anthony Shelton finds when engineered crops containing just one Bt toxin grow near modified plants with two toxins, insects may more rapidly develop resistance to all ...

Rising global temperatures are leading to a boom in the number of insects devouring crops worldwide, and could cause future food shortages, says a study published last week in the journal Science.