Powerful Insecticides Harming Deer Population, Fawns Die Early in Minnesota

Medicine & Technology Mar 03, 2021

Powerful insecticides have taken up in deer in nearly every place in Minnesota, raising concerns that this common chemical may be keeping fawns from surviving maturity or threatening the deer population.

Powerful Insecticides Harming Deer Population, Fawns Die Early in Minnesota

Mar 03, 2021

Powerful insecticides have taken up in deer in nearly every place in Minnesota, raising concerns that this common chemical may be keeping fawns from surviving maturity or threatening the deer population.

Neonicotinoids Found Harmful To Honeybees

Jan 07, 2016

A nicotine-imitating pesticide used in various crops was found to be harmful to honeybees.

Plans from DC Seek to Help Disappearing Bee Species

May 20, 2015

The Obama administration is hoping to reverse the rapidly declining populations of honeybees and monarch butterflies in the US by providing them with better nourishment. The federal plan will preserve seven million acres of habitat for bees, monarch butterflies and other insects, making the federal land more bee-friendly. The move is intended to bolster the population of pollinators that are essential to America's food crops, support research, and investigate the widespread cutback of pesticide use as part of a wide-ranging strategy.