About Joelle Harms

The University of Texas at Austin invasive species research program is attempting to control invasive fire ant populations in Texas with South American phorid flies. PBS showcased this process in......

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This Halloween, Pest Management Professional (PMP) saw many Twitter users dressed up as their favorite — or least favorite — pest or insect. Check out these tweets for some creative costumes pest management professionals will love....

The NYC Feral Cat Initiative, which helps New York City’s stray and feral cats, has inadvertently reduced rat sightings in community-cat-hosted areas. Part of the initiative, a program of the......

Brook Waimarama Sanctuary in Nelson, New Zealand, is seeking used election signs to repurpose into pest trap and monitoring tunnels. The sanctuary is asking local candidates to donate their used......

The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) presented its annual industry awards program Oct. 20 at PestWorld 2016 in Seattle, Wash. “Our industry is comprised of so many individuals who make......

The saying goes, “to be a fly on the wall,” although flies don’t have ears. Jumping spiders don’t either, but what if they could actually hear you? A new study released......

Pest management professionals (PMPs) may encounter many pest infestations in the span of their career, but that doesn’t mean certain infestations won’t be surprising. That’s the case for “The worst......

Scientists discovered a new ant species while flushing the stomach of a frog in Ecuador, reports National Geographic. The new tropical ant species Lenomyrmex hoelldobleri was found inside a “little......

A tick’s range can change and expand over time, particularly with migrating birds, and deer that have been relocated or restocked. The distribution and abundance of white-tailed deer, the primary host for the Lone Star tick species (Amblyomma americanum), play a major role in the increase of ticks....