Scrutinizing a company’s study on a widely used pesticide, chlorpyrifos, academic researchers find shortcomings in analyses and public disclosures of results.

A high-tech approach to monitoring bee activity inside the nest reveals how the neonicotinoid imidacloprid impairs colony growth.

While farmers have the green light to grow the genetically engineered plant, FDA approval is still needed before the seeds are sold as food.

Tens of thousands of hogs are being slaughtered to stop its spread.

The average price of a pint could double by the end of this century because of declines in barley yields, a study predicts.

Critics of an agricultural research initiative cite concerns about possible weaponization of the resulting technology, which would use infected insects to deliver genetically modified viruses to plants.

Revered as a humanitarian and scientist, Kerr was also blamed for the introduction of aggressive Africanized bees to the Americas.

It took an international group of researchers 13 years to crack the code and their efforts are already bearing fruit—one study has pinned down the genes responsible for wheat allergies and sensitivity.

The plan would move two scientific branches out of Washington, DC, by 2019.