From voracious vermin to destructive insects, pest issues are pretty much inevitable in any garden. Left unchecked, these villains will feast on foliage, ruin ripening fruit, and wreak havoc with ...

I helped out on a stall alongside members of Dan Papaj's lab (University of Arizona), with live tobacco hornworm caterpillars (Manduca sexta), pipevine swallowtail caterpillars and butterflies. Rabies ...

The authors' demonstration that impaired olfactory perception reduces caterpillar performance and increases susceptibility to parasitism is solid. These findings highlight the ecological significance ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — A High Court judge has ordered the Trinidad and Tobago government to pay an estimated TT$70,000 in compensation to an international tobacco distributor with a ...

Altria (NYSE: MO), the largest tobacco company in America, is a divisive stock. The bulls love its stable earnings growth and rising dividends, but the bears claim it will eventually run out of ...

“The outdoor garden pests I encounter the most outdoors are aphids, slugs and hungry caterpillars, specifically cabbage worms, tomato hornworms and cut worms,” says Kaitlin Mitchell, a ...

Last fall, MOTHER EARTH NEWS launched our Organic Pest Control Survey to learn more about the best organic pest control methods — and the not-so-great methods — when it comes to limiting ...

A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has saved millions of lives over the past two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The agency is this week celebrating ...