John Briggs , the director of the Pioneer Valley Mosquito Control District, said in addition to the usual mosquitoes the area sees in the summer, others are immerging from areas where flooding has taken place.-
A state officials says drought could actually increase cases of West Nile and Eastern equine encephalitis, though new cases have been delayed.
Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have spotted the southern pine beetle, an insect that feeds on pine trees and can kill them in large numbers.
Updated at 2:45 p.m. There have been no cases of the mosquito-borne disease Eastern equine encephalitis in Massachusetts this year in humans, animals or…
“Chirp” by Kate Messner is a story about friendship, the joys of summer — and how to make yourself heard if an adult acts in a way that makes you…
Very hungry caterpillars have been killing mighty oak trees across southern New England for years.The Northeast sees a lot of different insect invaders,…-
Some communities in Massachusetts are trying to opt out of the state's mosquito spraying program. That's after a change in state law provided for a…
A UMass Amherst laboratory stopped its longstanding practice of testing ticks as of December, but the service is expected to restart this week, separate…
New state regulations in Massachusetts will limit the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, products that advocates for years have been pushing to restrict as…
The U.S. government has lifted a quarantine on an invasive insect, the emerald ash borer, that's killed many trees in Massachusetts and Connecticut. But…
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