Concerns have been raised by NFU Sugar over a proposal to ban the use of neonicotinoids under emergency authorisations. Defra is set to explore legislative options that could make the use of three ...

A bug bite that looks like a bruise can come from spiders, hornets, wasps, mosquitos, and ticks. While red marks, welts, and itching are the most common symptoms of insect bites, bruising can also ...

FILE - The sun shines through concertina wire on a fence at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, La., April 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) ...

Systemic sclerosis, also termed scleroderma, is a multisystem connective tissue disease involving autoimmunity, inflammation, fibrosis and vasculopathy. The clinical presentation of systemic ...

A team of researchers led by Hidemasa Bono of Hiroshima University has sequenced the most complete insecticide-resistant bed bug genome to date and compared it to the genome of an insecticide ...

Scientists have developed technology that can control the movement of insects. Than Vo-Doan says this technology could save human lives within the next 10 years. With the press of a button, Thang ...

Environmental damage from insecticide overuse is a major concern, particularly for conservation of “good” insects such as pollinators that ensure stable production of food crops like fruits and ...

The Health Canada imidacloprid re-evaluation reports section has added updates on the imidacloprid reviews. Neonicotinoids are a group of pesticides used in agriculture to protect crops from various ...

In order to study the mechanism behind the role of JA in B. juncea, we studied the expression of some important genes encoding enzymes which are responsive to oxidative stress (respiratory burst ...