New Cornell research offers alternatives to a class of insecticides that has devastating ecological impacts, especially to pollinators, beneficial insects and aquatic invertebrates. A paper published ...

A study published by Cornell researchers last month offered alternatives to traditional pesticides. Pesticides might seem helpful for agriculture, but they can actually damage crop yields in the long ...

A recent study has found that red nets are more effective than black or white nets in preventing onion thrips from damaging crops. So, could red nets be the solution environmentalists have been ...

A plan to screen pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides for endocrine disruptor activity could be bad news for the manufacturers of those synthetics, but good news for research in biocontrols, a ...

PARIS, June 26 (Reuters) - Research into alternatives to neonicotinoid pesticides, found to be toxic to bees, is unlikely to deliver a solution capable of fully protecting sugar beet crops for five ...

It's March, the month many people start poisoning their yards. I don't mean to be sensationalistic. Sometimes poisonous pesticides are needed, for ornamental purposes or to save the lives of our ...