Invitation to Submit to a Joint Special Collection on New World Screwworm  New world screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax. Photo courtesy of Dr. Sohath Yusseff-Vanegas.

Peer review is a fundamental pillar of science, but scientists are short on time. One entomologist urges you to prioritize reviewing for journals at ESA and other scientific societies.

As the second Trump administration sends U.S. science into upheaval, countless researchers are fighting for their futures

Across West Virginia’s Greenbrier Valley, federal funding cuts are hurting farmers who supplied fresh food to local schools and food banks.

USDA staffing cuts and office consolidations are raising bipartisan concerns in Congress - sparking objections...

Mass layoffs at the Agriculture Department coming within weeks, with Washington facing significant cuts but regional employees also seeing reductions.

March 26, 2025 Dear Mr. Kratsios: Scientific progress and technological innovation were the twin engines that powered the American century.  The

“We can’t do science without these,” one researcher says of the hundreds of journals no longer accessible

Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.

A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.

USDA experts have been swept up in the Trump administration’s frenzied and turbulent efforts to drastically shrink the federal workforce.

Pretending that federal cuts to entomological research will save money is like deciding to save on farming costs by not buying seeds—you're cutting the very foundation of future growth and…

March 7, 2025. Washington DC and nationwide. Because science is for everyone.

The decision is a blow to the Trump administration’s effort to drastically and quickly shrink the federal bureaucracy.

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In an email and social media post, Jeff Bezos outlined dramatic changes to The Washington Post’s opinions section, and announced that opinions editor David Shipley has resigned.

The terminations, which hit agencies involved in protecting the nation’s food supply and agricultural products, could have long-lasting consequences, experts said.

The department is trying to rehire the employees as avian influenza causes egg prices to soar and as Elon Musk’s DOGE makes sweeping cuts to government agencies

In response to US government efforts to censor research and researchers, a small group of scholarly communications professionals have launched a Declaration to defend research. Learn more in today's p...

The rapid evolution of the insect has helped drive up Malaria deaths in Africa, fueling a growing public health threat.