BALTIMORE (AP) — The region’s largest brood of cicadas will emerge this year.

The Baltimore Sun reported last week that scientists are rejoicing over the once-every-17-years event....

SALISBURY, Vt. (AP) — Voters in the town of Salisbury have decided not to fund the local mosquito control district this year.

They voted at town meeting this week against appropriating...

HONOR, Mich. (AP) — A small insect that can kill hemlock trees by feeding on their sap has been detected at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in northwestern Michigan.

NEW YORK (AP) — A 70-year-old woman is accused of lacing her husband's coffee with ant and roach killer multiple times, causing him to become sick.

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — An invasive insect that kills ash trees is prompting Cornell University to fell 1,700 of the trees on its lands, a step it says will visibly alter the campus's appearance....

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — Archer Daniels Midland and a French company announced plans Friday to produce protein from insects in Decatur, a venture that is expected to create hundreds of jobs.

GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — An invasive insect has reappeared in parts of Connecticut, and experts are worried it could spell danger for some of the state’s crops and trees.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Islanders should be on the lookout for a brightly colored invasive insect that could threaten trees and crops.

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Agriculture authorities in Maine said Tuesday that the eggs of an invasive insect that could harm crops have been located in the state.

GORHAM, N.H. (AP) — Efforts are underway to save a rare species of butterfly in the mountains of New Hampshire, but scientists are still learning about it and how it may be at risk.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Four state agencies have signed a pact to protect monarch butterflies and other important pollinators whose numbers are dwindling.

NEW ALBANY, Ind. (AP) — The sound tells the story.

Just a few feet away from the pollinator habitat, the only noise comes from vehicles passing by Sam Peden Community Park on Grant Line...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont forestry officials are reminding the public about the threat to the state’s ash trees posed by the invasive insect the emerald ash borer. Next week is ash borer...

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine is asking residents to keep an eye on trees near their homes and neighborhoods for strange bugs.

August is a peak time of the year to be able to observe invasive...

KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — The emerald ash borer has been found in Kearney, marking the first time the destructive insect has been confirmed in the state outside of eastern Nebraska, officials announced...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State officials will begin treating northern parts of the state for gypsy moth later this month.

The destructive insect eats more than 250 species of trees...

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Vermont Agency of Natural Resources is reminding residents to help slow the spread of the emerald ash borer, an insect that kills ash trees.

LAKE WALES, Fla. (AP) — Researchers in Florida have rediscovered an “ultra-rare” metallic blue bee that hadn’t been spotted in years – so long that experts weren’t sure it still existed....

WOODWAY, Wash. (AP) — An aerial drop of insecticide to stop an invasive moth and to prevent forest foliage damage is scheduled Friday in parts of Washington state, officials said.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia officials are asking for the public's help to learn more about the decline of the state’s firefly population.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Agriculture will begin treating parts of northern Illinois infested with the gypsy moth, a destructive pest that eats more than 250 species of...

WOODWAY, Wash. (AP) — An airplane has been scheduled to drop insecticide in Washington state to stop the spread of an invasive moth and to prevent forest foliage damage, state officials...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — It's that time of year again, when flies that bite and crawl into people's bodies infest areas with standing water in Louisiana.

CHICAGO (AP) — The University of Illinois at Chicago is taking a lead role in a nationwide effort to conserve monarch butterflies.

The number of the the orange-and-black insects has...

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Mormon crickets, the grasshopper-like insects that pose threats to crops and drivers. are hatching early this year in northern Nevada.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials’ plan to combat infestations of the gypsy moth will be the focus of several upcoming meetings in the northern part of the state.

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Two bills introduced by Hawaii legislators would require the state Department of Agriculture to identify the best ways to fight fire ants.

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — Abundant Colorado snowpack helped reduce 2019 bark beetle activity impacting trees, but the following wet spring contributed to tree defoliation, a new report...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers on Tuesday signed into law a pair of bills designed to combat the spread of Lyme disease by warning visitors to state parks and other outdoor properties about...