The beetles, which measured four to five inches long, can "pose a significant threat to our vital agriculture resources." ...

Agriculture specialists examining an air cargo shipment discovered the beetles concealed inside multiple packages of snacks, ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists found 37 giant live beetles — valued at $1,480 — stashed inside an air cargo shipment that had arrived in California from Japan ...

STANISLAUS COUNTY — California farmers are responsible for growing 80% of the world's almonds, but an invasive beetle from Australia may be causing a big blow to the industry. The roughly 2.5 ...

Thirty-seven beetles, measuring about 4 to 5 inches in length, were counted in the shipments that arrived from Japan in January, according to Customs and Border Protection. The packages of ...

The beetles live only in the San Joaquin Valley of California and, within that valley, only in a small number of alkali sinks known as playas. Their narrow range in the highly agricultural and ...

This year the organization counted 9,119 monarchs, the second-lowest total since tracking began in 1997. The organization has ...

In Northern California, over 400,000 acres of productive ... Our forests have been dying due to uncontrolled pine beetles for over 50 years because DDT, an insecticide that controlled them ...

More than three dozen live beetles, nearly the length of the average human hand, were discovered at a Southern California airport during a routine inspection, federal authorities announced Wednesday.