Imagine if your dog’s favorite game — sniffing out treats or toys — could help protect America’s vineyards, orchards and ...

A gesture as effective as sending out a boy with a peashooter to bring down a rhinoceros.” Sometimes I feel like I’m the boy ...

Man’s best friend could play a critical role in agriculture finding the spotted lanternfly and powdery mildew through scent.

Researchers discovered that man’s best friend can be coached to effectively sniff out destructive bugs and creepy crawlies.

The spotted lanternfly has been a destructive agriculture pest. But everyday dogs and their owners are coming to the rescue.

A Virginia Tech study shows that pet dogs can be trained to detect invasive spotted lanternfly eggs, helping to protect U.S. crops. Volunteer dog-handler teams achieved detection rates similar to ...

Breakthrough research from Virginia Tech reveals ordinary pet dogs can be trained to detect spotted lanternfly egg masses. Here's how.

Dogs trained by everyday pet owners are proving to be surprisingly powerful allies in the fight against the invasive spotted lanternfly. In a groundbreaking study, citizen scientists taught their ...

A new study led by Virginia Tech found that volunteer dog-handler teams — made up of everyday people and their pets — can effectively detect the elusive egg masses of the spotted lanternfly, an ...

This report presents two cases of fishermen injured by freshwater stingrays, both of whom developed severe ulcerative lesions accompanied by significant edema. These injuries necessitated specialized ...