The pesticides, many of which are currently used in Europe and Australia, are responsible for reducing the regional diversity of invertebrates in streams and rivers by up to 42 percent, researchers report ...

Biology - Ecology

Jun 17, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 7 |

(Phys.org) —Soil organisms, aquatic life and farmland birds may all be harmed by neonicotinoid insecticides, according to a new study by University of Sussex biologist Professor Dave Goulson.

Biology - Ecology

Jun 14, 2013 5 / 5 (6) 1 |

A protein that costs the Australian sheep industry hundreds of millions of dollars each year may also pave the way to an antidote for chemical warfare agents.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jun 04, 2013 4.9 / 5 (9) 1

Protesters rallied in dozens of cities Saturday as part of a global protest against seed giant Monsanto and the genetically modified food it produces, organizers said.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 26, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 7

The European Commission said Friday that it will ban for two years beginning in December pesticides blamed for killing the bees that pollinate food and fruit crops.

Biology - Ecology

May 24, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 0

(Phys.org) —In malaria-ridden parts of Africa, mosquito netting protects people from being infected while they sleep; now, a University of Florida entomologist wants to improve the netting by coating it with insecticide ...

Chemistry - Biochemistry

May 24, 2013 not rated yet 0

Neonicotinoids are under intense scrutiny. But a ban of a broad variety of pesticides may be required to protect bees, humans and the environment.

Biology - Ecology

May 03, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 1

Exposure to sub-lethal doses of neonicotinoids may have a long-term effect on bees. One of Italy's top bee researchers recommends a ban on insecticide-coated seeds and in reintroducing rotating cultures against pests invasion.

Biology - Ecology

May 03, 2013 3.3 / 5 (3) 0

Amphibian populations living close to agricultural fields have become more resistant to a common insecticide and are actually resistant to multiple common insecticides, according to two recent studies conducted at the University ...

Biology - Ecology

May 01, 2013 not rated yet 0

The EU appears set to impose a two-year ban on the use of insecticides blamed for a sharp and worrying decline in bee populations, an EU source said Thursday.

Biology - Ecology

Apr 25, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0

(Phys.org) —North Carolina State University researchers studying aquatic organisms called Daphnia have found that exposure to a chemical pesticide has impacts that span multiple generations – causing the so ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 22, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Scientists have revealed a new technique to introduce disease-blocking bacteria into mosquitoes, with promising results that may halt the spread of diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

A surprising research discovery in mosquitoes could affect future prospects for malaria control. A team of scientists from West Africa, the United States and the United Kingdom found that the mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, which ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 01, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 1

The European Commission said Tuesday it will try again to get member states to back a two-year ban on insecticides harmful to bees whose numbers have been in sharp and worrying decline.

Biology - Ecology

Mar 19, 2013 not rated yet 0

(Phys.org) —Researchers in the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture have identified 14 molecular markers in bed bugs that allow them to be resistant to pyrethroid insecticides. Pest control professionals ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 15, 2013 4 / 5 (2) 0