Asian giant hornets were found for the first time in Washington State and could reemerge in the spring.

Hand weeding of fields spurred an interloper to evolve a rice-like appearance, researchers conclude.

The US lacks standardized methods to assess products for potency and safety. That’s a big problem for the labs tasked with doing the testing.

Trained canines are remarkably accurate at detecting a pathogen that has devastated citrus crops.

With millions of pigs killed due to a major outbreak of African swine fever virus in Asia, researchers have intensified efforts to find a vaccine quickly.

Understanding how domestic pigs can be infected with the deadly virus could be key to protecting them from it.

African swine fever virus has left the continent on three occasions, causing outbreaks in Europe, the Americas, and most recently, East Asia.

A devastating outbreak of the virus across East Asia has made the long-neglected pathogen a top research priority, but many challenges lie ahead.

Scientists track the spice from the soil to the market to pinpoint the source of contamination in pregnant women’s blood.