So many battles to be fought around the home and in the landscape. Garden bandits, leaf munchers, plant pirates, and bloodsuckers are just a few of the names I can come up with for what is commonly ...

A study in the journal Forests highlights the critical need for understanding and managing nonnative forest specialist and generalist pests. "We classify pests for easier management; it's just a ...

Angela Mech, assistant professor of Entomology at University of Maine, has been leading the research for the i-Tree pest predictor. Mech specializes in invasive forest insects. University of Maine ...

Spring is often synonymous with allergies, especially in New England, where pollen counts surge dramatically with the blooming of trees, grasses and flowers. Yet, allergy symptoms like sneezing, ...