Roughly 60 years ago, the United States eradicated the New World screwworm, an insect that feeds on living tissue. But now, ...

“Pyrethrin is the most important insecticide in the world,” says Joel Maina Kibett, chief agriculture officer of Nakuru ...

The New World screwworm was eradicated from the US around 60 years ago – but it's now within 70 miles of the Texas border ...

California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living ...

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There's an old saying that everything in Australia wants to eat you – and this apparently includes plants, with the island a global hotbed of carnivorous species. Now, scientists have made a ...

The growing problem of invasive plants has ignited a buzzstorm of local and national efforts to get rid of our worst weedy offenders and stop new invaders from gaining a foothold. But one strategy ...

Developed after years of research to replicate chicken’s flavor and texture, the product is part of Eat Just’s push to make sustainable protein options mainstream for everyday shoppers. Eat Just is ...

We’ve all heard the gospel of sleep hygiene by now. No screens before bed. Keep your bedroom cool and cave-dark. But a recent study out of the University of Chicago, published in the journal Sleep ...

A type of flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback — and it’s creeping toward the United States. The new world screwworm is a blowfly whose larvae burrow into animal wounds and gorge on living tissue.

Nutrition policy expert Marion Nestle says that when she wrote her first book, Food Politics, in 2002, people often asked her what food had to do with politics. "Nobody asks me that anymore," Nestle ...

“All You Can Eat” is a column by Emerson Prentice ’29 that focuses on highlighting and educating readers about dining on campus by interviewing chefs, highlighting menus from various dining halls and ...