If you live in Nevada, you may notice a sticky residence appearing on your trees as swarms of bugs feast on it. Here's what ...

Overall, insect populations in Nevada are increasing as temperatures warm. Knight says wet winter conditions could potentially boost the numbers of some aquatic or weed-dependent insects, but ...

Jeff Knight has spent 40 years with the Nevada Department of Agriculture, the majority of those as state entomologist.

Last June, farmers and government officials across Nevada northeast to Montana battled the insects as they destroyed crops. The insect's name dates back to the 1800s, when the bugs ruined the ...

Nevada is crawling with swarms of smelly 'Mormon crickets' Millions of the bugs, native to the U.S. West, are blanketing sidewalks and devouring vegetation.

Nevada Department of Agriculture announces retirement of State Entomologist Jeff Knight after 40 years of service.

RENO, Nev.— Nevada’s Assembly Natural Resources Committee will consider a bill today that would give the state’s Department of Wildlife authority to manage pollinators and other insects that need ...

Since the 1990s, the Mormon cricket population has been surging, particularly in Nevada, the University of Nevada, Reno, said. In 2006, Mormon crickets infested about 10 million acres in the state.

Dennis Mathew is an associate professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and studies insect olfaction at the cellular and molecular levels. He is also a co-director of ...

Countless Mormon crickets flooded an Idaho roadway as millions of the insects descend on neighboring Nevada on June 5. Lisa Van Horne released footage showing the crickets covering the road she ...