Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey are studying how environmental contaminants like pesticides and antibiotics are impacting butterfly and moth populations. The researchers are investigating how ...

The image seems innocuous enough: the classic worm-in-the-apple cartoon. In reality, the highly narrativized codling moth can destroy 80 percent to 90 percent of an apple crop within one to two years ...

Tests carried out on samples from Suffolk have shown that a moth which can have a devastating effect on brassica crops is resistant to a commonly-used insecticide. Diamondback moth samples taken from ...