As a trained entomologist, I learned a lot of fancy names for common ordinary insects. We studied insects' order, family and species name. Most people just call these “bugs.” For example, we learned ...

USDA’s Foreign Ag Service (FAS) says freezing temps in Europe may have damaged wheat and rapeseed crops given the lack of a protective snowcover. Wheat and rapeseed in western Poland and eastern ...

Winterkill is an easy problem to define but difficult to fully understand. Simply put, winterkill occurs when turf dies during winter. However, understanding the mechanisms that cause winterkill, ...

An especially cold winter is showing its effects around some southern Minnesota shallow lakes and ponds with dead or dying fish. Although this can be discouraging to see, in most cases it is the ...

It wasn't long ago - the mid-1990s - when North Dakota was pulling out of a drought and parched wetlands were recharged beyond what anyone could have reasonably predicted. At the same time, many large ...

WEST FARGO – Winterkill of fish in lakes, reservoirs, ponds and sloughs is nothing new in North Dakota. In any given year, there’s a potential for winterkill. Just like for pheasants and deer in North ...

Frigid temperatures and a lack of moisture led to early problems for wheat farmers in Kansas and Oklahoma, but Colorado producers have not seen enough evidence to worry as much as their neighbors.

Spicer fisheries staff is testing lakes to determine the extent of winter kill; there have been reports of extensive winter kill to Point Lake, and partial winter kill to Swenson, Elizabeth and Ella ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You may soon see dead fish and other aquatic animals in Michigan’s lakes and streams as spring thaw begins, but state officials ...