Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Entomological Society of America, an organization that oversees bug naming, has dropped the term “gypsy moth,” considered an ...

U.S. bug experts are dropping the name gypsy moth because it is considered an ethnic slur. They are doing the same for gypsy ants. The announcement is the first time the Entomological Society of ...

According to a study, insights from the genome of the European gypsy moth may inform pest control strategies. Introduced to North America in the 1860s, the European gypsy moth caterpillar is a ...

BAY CITY, MI - Bay County’s old Gypsy moth suppression program was recently renamed to the “Bay County Forest Sustainability Program”. The change was made to better fit the organization’s purpose ...

If you've noticed an abundance of hungry black caterpillars devouring your trees or crawling around on your patio, you may be dealing with an invasion of spongy moths. These insects, formerly called ...

The Entomological Society of America, an organization that oversees bug naming, dropped the term, “gypsy moth,” considered an ethnic slur to the Romani people. This move is one of the first two for ...

If you pay attention to environmental news, you’ll already be aware of the invasive, extremely destructive moth with tawny, speckled wings and feathery antennae that’s threatened to munch Washington’s ...