College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Entomology

In the News

• The Overlapping Plagues Quietly Devastating American Forests

  Published on October 19, 2026 by The New York Times
  

• The Surprising Secret Weapon Against Spotted Lanternflies

  Published on September 1, 2026 by National Geographic
  

• Three wasp species released in MI to control invasive scarlet lily beetle

  Published on August 11, 2026 by Michigan Public
  

• Social honey bees stay cool: How groups mitigate heat-triggered hormone spikes

  Published on April 7, 2026 by Phys.org
  

• MSU opens renovated greenhouse facility to public, aims to benefit MI agriculture

  Published on November 3, 2025 by Michigan Farm News
  

• This dog used to sniff out cold cases for police. Now she’s saving bees.

  Published on August 9, 2025 by Washington Post
  

• MSU research powers Michigan’s economy and future

  Published on November 20, 2024 by WKAR
  

• MSU holds bumblebee petting zoo at Bee Palooza 2024

  Published on August 26, 2024
  

• PRI Welcomes Dr. Andrea Glassmire as an Assistant Professor

  Published on August 13, 2024
  

• Michigan’s apples, blueberries, cherries, and grapes focus of climate study

  Published on May 11, 2024 by MLive
  

• A new hive home for Michigan bee research

  Published on March 26, 2024 by Good Fruit Grower
  

• Entomologists study enemies of your enemy

  Published on March 7, 2024 by Good Fruit Grower
  

• Monarch butterflies listed as endangered: 'Just a devastating decline'

  Published on July 21, 2022 by USA Today
  

• Honeybee medicine catching on with veterinarians

  Published on January 10, 2022 by American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) News
  

• Tiny insects battle troublesome invasive Japanese knotweed

  Published on October 1, 2021 by The Detroit News
  

• Mohammad Turaani has discovered ‘exactly what I want to do for the rest of my life’

  Published on August 28, 2021 by Dearborn Press & Guide
  

• Rewilding death: The plan to restore the necrobiome

  Published on August 19, 2021 by BBC Future Planet
  

• Student view: Thank goodness for honeybees

  Published on August 19, 2021 by MSUToday
  

• Faculty voice: Getting answers about the bees

  Published on August 19, 2021 by MSUToday
  

• Discovering Beetles

  Published on July 8, 2021 by BYU Radio