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Why pollen season arrives earlier each year: Q&A with Georgia Southern biology professor Alan Harvey
As a seasonal allergy sufferer, Alan Harvey, Ph.D., biology professor in Georgia Southern University's College of Science and Mathematics, was curious what types of ...
Did stomping out the dreaded spotted lanternfly work? UMW’s expert entomologist has the buzz on when we’ll know and what to expect
It’s the bug that been in the news all summer long. The spotted lanternfly is an invasive species that was first spotted on American ...
Experts in the Media – UMW entomologist is the go-to expert on the Spotted Lanternfly
Move over cicadas. Spotted Lanternflies are now in the spotlight, hitchhiking across America. The invasive species, which came via cargo from Asia, are now wreaking ...
UMW entomologist can explain why it should be ‘lights out’ for the spotted lanternfly
The call for a cull has been made. Spotted lanternflies are popping up across the East Coast, and scientists are worried this invasive insect could ...
"Apocalypse" - A period of mass extinction threatens insects – and the world that depends on them
UConn entomologist and professor David Wagner says all kinds of insects are at risk for “a death by a thousand cuts" -- decline attributed to ...
Georgia Southern grad student researches different planting treatment effects on Tybee Island sand dunes
The sand dunes of Tybee Island have taken a beating in recent hurricane seasons. Georgia Southern University biology graduate student Shannon Matzke is researching ways ...
Experts in the media – UConn’s David Wagner is sounding the alarm about the dangerous decline in insects
It’s as if there’s an all-out war on the world’s insects – and experts from across the country are all buzzing with some ...
Small Bug, Big Impact: Villanova Professors Share Expertise on Invasive Insect Species in Pennsylvania
The spotted lanternfly, an invasive species native to China, India and Vietnam, arrived in Pennsylvania in 2014. It is only over the past couple years, however, ...
Leaping lizards! Let our experts tell you about the latest invasive species to be found in Georgia
What’s four feet long, weighs ten pounds and is eating its way across two Georgia counties? If you guessed the Argentine black and white ...
Ants and plants, a mutually beneficial relationship
Ant-plant interactions are really common in nature, and while people might most often picture ants as carrying pieces of leaves cut from tropical plants, ant ...