(Beyond Pesticides, November 6, 2018) Scientists working for USDA’s Agricultural Research Service in Lincoln, Nebraska have discovered natural compounds derived from coconut oil that are more ...

New research suggests using coconut-scented soap may help keep mosquitos away, but scent and smell is a complicated issue. The Virginia Tech researchers compared different scented soaps to see if ...

The Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) has approved an organic solution developed by Chemrez Technologies Inc., a subsidiary ...

A U.S. Department of Agriculture study finds that compounds derived from coconut oil are actually better than DEET at repelling biting bugs. For over 60 years, DEET has been the standard when it ...

At 2 1/2-inches long and sporting large horns on the front of its head, the coconut rhinoceros beetle is a remarkable-looking creature, but this lumbering giant of an insect is also a devastating ...

"We found this remarkable fossil coconut that has clear signs of insect tunneling," said L. Alejandro Giraldo, a graduate student in geosciences at Penn State.

Two breeding sites of the invasive palm tree-killing coconut rhinoceros beetle were recently discovered in West Hawaiʻi. Several coconut rhinoceros beetle larvae, or grubs, and an adult scarab. (Photo ...

The Philippine Coconut Authority has approved CropGuard, a locally developed organic pesticide, as a frontline solution against the devastating coconut scale insect or Cocolisap, according to a unit ...

The bug was sent from the Rio Grande-area bridge to an entomology lab for identification. The insect was determined to be an Eburia nigrovittata, a species of longhorn beetles, U.S. Customs said.

The Philippines is trying to save its coconut trees from a dangerous insect, which threatens to compound the damage caused by Typhoon Haiyan to much of the industry last November.

Tiny beetles that feed on fruit from the palm family may have developed their taste for coconuts long ago, according to a Penn State-led team of scientists studying suspected insect damage in a 60 ...