DES MOINES — Thousands of stingless wasps are being enlisted to slow the onslaught of an imported pest attacking Iowa’s ash trees. Officials with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land ...

WINONA, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is releasing stingless wasps in Winona to try to control the spread of the invasive emerald ash borer. Ash borer biocontrol coordinator Jonathan ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - Some tiny, parasitic wasps from China no larger than a sesame seed may help halt the destruction of Michigan's dwindling population of ash trees. The wasps lay eggs inside the ...

TOWN OF SAUKVILLE, Wis. - Wisconsin researchers are releasing tiny parasitic wasps in hopes of fighting a destructive beetle that has killed millions of trees. Researchers at the University of ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, a listener on “team wasp” writes in with some interesting info on USDA wasps for pesticide-free pest control and we learn about some wasp versus beetle drama.

An invasive beetle is threatening vegetation, culture, and the economy in the nation's 50th state, but a team of humans' best friends is working to ward it off. Conservation Dogs of Hawaiʻi trained ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Katie Britt (R-Ala.) joined Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and several of her Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Emergency Pine Beetle Response Act of 2025. The ...

The government is using drone and sniffer dogs to fight back against a beetle which is threatening to destroy trees across the UK after wreaking havoc in Europe. The spruce bark beetle, also known as ...