Gene Robinson, a professor at the Univeristy of Illinois, has been named director of the UI's Institute for Genomic Biology, pending approval by trustees next week. Dr. Robinson has headed the institute on an interim [...]
This video by Mark Moffett (National Geographic) and his wife Melissa Wells shows Mark studying weaver ants in Cambodia, a project that was published in National Geographic Magazine and also became part of the research [...]
This video was made by Saber Miresmailli, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It is based on a chapter written by Dr. May R. Berenbaum, whose columns appear in American Entomologist, and it was made ENTIRELY [...]
More than 1,200 individuals, companies, organizations, educational and research institutions, and other stakeholders have joined together to stress the vital importance of robust research funding for food and agriculture. This initiative represents one of the [...]
Ross H. Miller, a professor of entomology at the University Of Guam, appears in this news video on invasive fire ants. "What this ant does is that it swarms and pretty much eats all of [...]
Harold Harlan, one of the leading bed bug experts in the U.S., is featured on the cover of Pest Control Technology Magazine. Dr. Harlan has kept bed bugs in his home for 38 years, ever [...]
Lanham, MD; November 30, 2011 -- A new study published in the Journal of Economic Entomology shows that radiation can be used to effectively sterilize the light brown apple moth (LBAM), an insect pest found [...]
In this video, Laura Burns, a graduate student from the University of Guelph, interviews an entomology professor who has been blogging about insects under the name "Bug Girl" (see http://membracid.wordpress.com) since 2004. In addition, Bug [...]
Paula Kleintjes Neff, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, was recently interviewed by HigherEdJobs about her career as an entomologist and scientist at a state comprehensive university that strongly supports undergraduate research. Dr. [...]