As a trained entomologist, I learned a lot of fancy names for common ordinary insects. We studied insects' order, family and species name. Most people just call these “bugs.” For example, we learned ...

USDA’s Foreign Ag Service (FAS) says freezing temps in Europe may have damaged wheat and rapeseed crops given the lack of a protective snowcover. Wheat and rapeseed in western Poland and eastern ...

Winterkill is an easy problem to define but difficult to fully understand. Simply put, winterkill occurs when turf dies during winter. However, understanding the mechanisms that cause winterkill, ...

An especially cold winter is showing its effects around some southern Minnesota shallow lakes and ponds with dead or dying fish. Although this can be discouraging to see, in most cases it is the ...

It wasn't long ago - the mid-1990s - when North Dakota was pulling out of a drought and parched wetlands were recharged beyond what anyone could have reasonably predicted. At the same time, many large ...

Natural fish kills are common in Michigan during the winter months, and may be more common this year due to normal winter temperatures and snowfall. Frozen lakes and deep snowpacks can reduce ...

What a difference eight short weeks can make. Back in late February, Craig Berberich, a technician with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Waterville Fish Hatchery, was bouncing across ...

WEST FARGO – Winterkill of fish in lakes, reservoirs, ponds and sloughs is nothing new in North Dakota. In any given year, there’s a potential for winterkill. Just like for pheasants and deer in North ...

Spicer fisheries staff is testing lakes to determine the extent of winter kill; there have been reports of extensive winter kill to Point Lake, and partial winter kill to Swenson, Elizabeth and Ella ...