Wanting to protect El Dorado County’s multi-million-dollar grape industry, Agriculture Department staff and pest control specialists have declared war against the glassy-winged sharpshooter.

The alarming spread of spotted lanternflies across the U.S. has been made possible by cities acting as evolutionary ...

When pistachio hulls split open before harvest, the nuts can be exposed to fungal or insect damage, which reduces profits for ...

The frigid bomb cyclone dropped loads of invasive iguanas out of trees, allowing pest control companies to collect them by the thousands.

Despite February’s often cool, damp, and dreary days, it is a harbinger that spring is only a month away and can inspire North Bay gardeners to begin planning, preparing and getting an early start ...

“Insect herbivores have long been known to accumulate plant defense metabolites from their diet as defenses against their own ...

Trying to drive near some of the schools during pickup and drop-off times has become a nightmare. There needs to be better traffic planning or law enforcement presence because it is getting dangerous ...

Q: If one wants both drought-tolerant (water-efficient) and California native wildflowers, what are the options?

Integrated approach can include the use of bait stations, burrow traps, furrow fumigation, and the placement of owl boxes.

Florida is facing a citrus crisis, primarily caused by the citrus psyllid, an invasive pest that stunts growth and spreads a greening disease called HLB from tree to tree.

University of Florida researchers are using a combination of individual protective covers and plant growth regulators to help trees survive deadly disease.