Heather Gooch | Pest Management Professional

Photo: Lee Karney, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bugwood.org

The sort-of squirrelly bird catches the headline

It has not escaped our attention that a variety of instances where birds are just being birds has been making...

Turner hosts ‘Pink Out Day’

Jacksonville, Fla.-based Turner Pest Control, an Anticimex company, is doing a few different things to commemorate October as Breast Cancer...

Pi Chi Omega recognizes OSU’s Dr. Jones

Dr. Susan Jones, recently retired entomology professor at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, was honored this year by industry...

PMP photo parade: PestWorld 2019

With more than 3,000 pre-registered attendees, PestWorld 2019 is expected to be one of the most attended PestWorld conferences. The...

PestRoutes announces California WDO report support

PestRoutes Software’s mobile technology solution now supports Wood-destroying Pests and Organisms Inspection Reporting for California Branch 3 Structural Pest Control.

Pi Chi Omega: Officers installed, programs announced

On Tuesday morning, Dale Baker, VP of J.T. Eaton, presided over his last membership meeting as president of Pi Chi...

The National Pest Management Association recognized the State Policy Affairs Representatives (SPARS) who worked tirelessly with policymakers over the past year as advocates for the industry. PHOTO: DIANE SOFRANEC

Live from PestWorld 2019

The staff of Pest Management Professional (PMP) reported live from the show floor of PestWorld 2019, held Oct. 15-18 in...

Mentor a future PMP Hall of Famer

As we compiled the biographies of each of this year’s PMP Hall of Fame inductees — Lonnie and Orlando Alonso,...

American Pest expands in Virginia

Richmond, Va.-based PestMasters Inc. has been acquired by American Pest, an Anticimex company based in Fulton, Md. The family-owned firm...

Truly Nolen promotes Dallas manager

Based in Tucson, Ariz., Truly Nolen Pest Control has promoted Greg Parrish to manager of its Dallas service office, located...

IMAGE: Mat Pound, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org

Fungi could be the answer to winter ticks, new research shows

Back in 2015, we featured the horrific plight of so-called “ghost moose,” so named “for the light patches of skin...

Verizon survey: Fleet drivers get undeserved rep

Pest control technicians and other commercial road warriors drive more safely than the public might think. That’s the major finding...

ServiceMaster acquires McCloud Services

Memphis, Tenn.-based ServiceMaster, whose pest control presence includes Terminix and Terminix Commercial, has closed an acquisition deal for McCloud Services,...

Industry advocates weigh in on California’s proposed rodenticide ban

Pest control industry advocates share their perspectives on California's proposed legislation to ban second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides.

Norway rat, illustrated for the Truman's Guide. (Art: North Coast Media)

California SPAR talks about what’s next

Our September issue is devoted to coverage of the close call pest management professionals (PMPs) had in California with a...