The brown tree snake has wreaked havoc on the island of Guam, but one solution to the problem could lie in the serpent’s own physiology.

Host slugs given Prozac to increase their serotonin levels no longer avoid parasitic nematodes, the same behavior seen in infected slugs.

Plantings of non-GM refuges counter the development of resistance.

Nearly four dozen people have died.

A computer model estimates that gene-drive technology could wipe out populations of an invasive mammal on islands. 

Rare genetic variants could blunt efforts to destroy pest populations. 

The average US household contains 62 distinct families of arthropod species, according to an entomological census.

What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes

What researchers learned as they dug through the most highly cited genomes published this year