entomology

HARRISBURG — The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hoping outdoor recreation will bring a big payoff. During a Senate Appropriations...

Six counties, including Clearfield, have been added to Pennsylvania’s spotted lanternfly quarantine zone ahead of the 2023 spring hatch. With this add...

LEAVE THE LEAVES. That’s right, leave the leaves in the garden for another month or so. It can be tempting as signs of Spring start popping up, but do...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Populations of various species of aquatic insects and other invertebrates respond to flooding and waterway drying due to drought in ...

FROSTY. Whether you are the type of individual who enjoys dressing in layers and spending time outside in the winter enjoying the snow or if you are t...

UNIVERSITY PARK — While a beekeeper puffing clouds of carbon dioxide into a hive to calm the insects is a familiar image to many, less is known about ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A Penn State entomologist is asking Pennsylvania deer hunters for help with research on biting flies that are active in the fall, wh...

KANE — The Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum (R-BFF), which takes place on October 13, announced that Thursday, September 29, is the last date to register fo...

JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Spaces are filling up for Audubon Community Nature Center’s (ACNC) Enchanted Forest, which will be held October 7 and 8. This magica...

MILLERSBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture was joined by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and ag...

The monarch butterfly, majestic and beloved, has been listed as endangered. The listing from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature wa...

SPARKS OF MAGIC on summer nights, is how a child might explain the sight of the magical flashing lights of fireflies. It is quite mysterious to the la...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — While more of us seem to be more accepting of insects — even the stingers and biters if they don’t enter our personal space — summe...

I was walking a Rhode Island trail this week, paralleling an ancient stone wall. What was that strange sound? Could it be an immature catbird? No, the...

MONONGAHELA — State officials on Wednesday discussed the threat that the spotted lanternfly poses and shared information and resources to help Pennsyl...

Visitors to Riverfest along and on the Susquehanna River at Columbia over the weekend strolled along paths littered with the bodies of thousands of ma...

Scattered reports of the first fireflies flashing in a few backyards in Pennsylvania began to surface last weekend. That was ahead of schedule for mos...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — “Murder hornets” — also known as Asian giant hornets — are back in the news. The oversized insects are making headlines not because...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — While the name of the target insect has been changed to spongy moth, from the familiar gypsy moth, the attack remains much the same...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture plans to expand the state’s spotted lanternfly quarantine area to include 11 more counti...