March 1, 2022
'Stick’ around to read about the common walkingstick!
March 1, 2022
Marina Dmitrievna Zerova was a Ukranian entomologist and ecologist, who was fascinated by the parasitic wasps
February 16, 2022
Penn State's Department of Entomology, the College of Agricultural Sciences and the University community are mourning the loss of James H. Tumlinson, Ralph O. Mumma Professor of Entomology, who died Feb. 9 at the age of 83 after an extended illness.
February 16, 2022
The Huck institutes of the Life Sciences has launched a new monthly series of short video essays to feature highly innovative Penn State researchers who are pushing boundaries and forging new pathways in their respective fields. “Life From All Angles” tells the stories of these risk-takers in a condensed, easy to digest, 5-minute format.
February 15, 2022
Reducing tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme disease, may now be possible thanks to two new gene editing methods developed by researchers at Penn State; the University of Nevada, Reno; and the University of Maryland. The methods could allow scientists to alter parts of the tick genome that are involved in harboring and transmitting pathogens.
February 14, 2022
Darcy Gray, a graduate student in Penn State's intercollege graduate degree program in ecology, has received a Fulbright Study/Research Award to help beekeepers by examining how habitat and weather patterns drive bee migration and honey production in Kenya.
February 4, 2022
Rampa Rattanarithikul has dedicated her life to the study of mosquitoes and raising awareness for environmental conservation. This factsheet was produced by Center for Pollinator Research graduate student fellow Sean Bresnahan
February 4, 2022
These critters are from an understated group of macroinvertebrates called water mites. This factsheet was produced by Insect Biodiversity Fellow Francesca Ferguson
February 4, 2022
IBC Education Progam Specialist Heather Desorcie reports on the use of, and visitors to, the bee hotels recently installed at the PSU Arboretum's Pollinator and Bird Garden
February 4, 2022
January 31, 2022
CPR member and Entomology graduate student Anne Johnson uses community science to discover key predators of the invasive spotted lanternfly.
January 26, 2022
The Symbiotic Podcast kicks off season three, "Risk-Takers and Game-Changers," with a livestream interview and Q&A with David Hughes at noon on Jan. 27.
January 24, 2022
Insect Biodiversity Fellow Laura Laiton reports on how monocultural farming practices can change to better serve diverse and beneficial insect communities
January 21, 2022
A ground-nesting bee family — commonly known as miner bees — could play a heightened role in rebuilding black cherry populations in Pennsylvania and beyond, according to Penn State entomologists who investigated pollinators’ contributions to the valuable hardwood species.
January 20, 2022
A ground-nesting bee family — commonly known as miner bees — could play a heightened role in rebuilding black cherry populations in Pennsylvania and beyond, according to Penn State entomologists who investigated pollinators’ contributions to the valuable hardwood species.
January 20, 2022
Jordan Pietrzykoski had never conducted research before. But the junior psychology major and neuroscience minor at Saint Francis University in Loretto was looking for research opportunities to broaden her educational experience.
January 20, 2022
An innovative partnership between Penn State and Saint Francis University is enabling Penn State entomology graduate students to gain valuable mentoring skills, while Saint Francis undergraduates get research experience at a major land-grant research university.
January 17, 2022
A Penn State-led team of researchers will use a newly awarded $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to examine how climate change may influence and interact with various stressors that affect the health of pollinators.
January 17, 2022
A Penn State-led team of researchers will use a newly awarded $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to examine how climate change may influence and interact with various stressors that affect the health of pollinators.
January 11, 2022
We are hopping into the new year by highlighting the differential grasshopper, Melanoplus differentialis. This factsheet was produced by Insect Biodiversity Center graduate student fellow Francesca Ferguson
January 11, 2022
Penn State Eberly College of Science researchers use satellites to monitor bat habitat and study virus spillover events during a global pandemic.
January 4, 2022
With endless information available 24/7 on the internet and social media, it can be hard to separate fact from fiction.
January 3, 2022
Neonicotinoids and other systemic insecticides can contaminate honeydew, which is an important food source for beneficial insects in agroecosystems, according to an international team of researchers who conducted a review of the scientific literature.
January 3, 2022
Neonicotinoids and other systemic insecticides can contaminate honeydew, which is an important food source for beneficial insects in agroecosystems, according to an international team of researchers.
January 3, 2022
Roar supercomputer provides computational power for data-intense gene expression studies.
January 3, 2022
Margaret S. Collins was the first African American woman to earn a PhD in entomology, specializing in termite diversity. She was also a civil rights activist. This factsheet was produced by Integrative Pollinator Ecology graduate student Sean Bresnahan.
December 15, 2021
Penn State entomologist and biologist David Hughes is among a set of eight “Planet Protectors” on the list of 50 luminaries and leaders who are included in Newsweek’s inaugural list of "America’s Greatest Disruptors," for his work on PlantVillage.
December 15, 2021
Penn State entomology and biology professor David Hughes aims to be a disruptor; to him, he said, it's the way things get done.
December 13, 2021
The spread of the blacklegged tick, the primary vector for the pathogen that causes Lyme disease, may be facilitated in Pennsylvania by animals that people rarely associate with it — black bears, according to researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences.
December 4, 2021
The exhibit is open to the public and free to attend
