Gardeners the world over dread the appearance of aphids on their plants. There are around 4,000 species of these sap-sucking ...

Vergelegen Wine Estate in South Africa is pairing technology and nature, using drones to drop predatory wasps that control ...

Already, drug-resistant infections kill hundreds of thousands of people every year. And yet the true scale of this ...

Aug. 13, 2024 — Black soldier flies are now commercially used to consume organic waste -- but genetic modifications proposed by bioscientists could see the insects digesting a wider variety of ...

Insects may well become the “superfoods” of the future, as coveted as quinoa and berries. They may be grudgingly eaten, ...

As the country’s landscape shakes off winter’s chill, the spring weather brings life with some of the country’s most ...

If you’ve ever witnessed a spider climb out of your bathtub drain or chucked a particularly creepy crawly down the toilet in a moment of panic, you may have wondered if insects are capable of ...

Other farmers in the region, growing fruit such as apples, pears and citrus fruit, have been using drones to drop other predatory insects in their orchards for pest control. South Africa is among ...