USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service presents a unique view of the importance of pollinators. In less than two minutes, “Be a Friend to Pollinators” takes flight with simple facts about bees, butterflies, birds, and bats and [...]
Walter Leal, a professor at the University of California, Davis, is a newly elected Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society, joining the ranks of such imminent scientists as Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace. In [...]
Michael Ivie, a professor at Montana State University, along with Crystal Maier, a PhD student at the University of Kansas, and University of Idaho entomologist James B. Johnson, discovered a new species of beetle above [...]
This six-minute educational video features an interactive children's exhibit about bee diversity and conservation hosted by the Hudson Highlands Nature Museum in Cornwall on Hudson, New York. The video covers honey bees, bumble bees, solitary [...]
Lanham, MD; January 4, 2012 -- Lyme disease is the most commonly reported vector-borne disease in the United States, with the majority of cases occurring in the Northeast. It has been three decades since the [...]
Richard "Dick" Rice of Kingsburg, Calif. passed away on Dec. 24, 2011, at the age of 74. Dr. Rice was an active member of the Entomological Society of America. He served as president of the [...]
Lanham, MD; January 6, 2012 -- An article in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) refutes claims by Greenpeace Germany that the western bean cutworm (WBC), Striacosta albicosta (Smith), is [...]
Lanham, MD; 6. Januar 2012 – Ein Artikel in der neuesten Ausgabe des Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) weist die Behauptungen von Greenpeace Deutschland zurück, dass der Western Bean Cutworm (WBC), zu Deutsch etwa [...]
14 July 2011 Be part of the Big Butterfly Count from 16 to 31 July 2011. Butterflies are beautiful and vital to the health of our environment. Their existence is crucial yet they are in [...]