An adult Varrora mite attaches itself to a honey bee pupa. The Environmental Protection Agency proposes to register a new insecticide to control Varrora mites. (Dennis Anderson/USDA) The Environmental ...

As new insecticides are registered and existing products are re-registered via the FIFRA process, they will need to comply to the new rule. In the trio of Endangered Species Act (ESA) enforcement ...

Since the early 2000s, U.S. farmers have dramatically increased their use of controversial insecticides suspected of playing a role in the decline of pollinating insects, such as honeybees. Called ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

If you’re alive, it’s safe to assume that you’ve come in contact with an insecticide called chlorpyrifos. You may or may not have suffered its effects, but until relatively recently, it was commonly ...

New, local research provides some of the first evidence that a popular group of insecticides might be killing young monarch butterflies. The milkweed plants the butterflies need to survive may also ...