A British team reports the first synthesis of azadirachtin, a natural compound that stops predatory insects from feeding. Plants have a variety of defense mechanisms to deter insect attack.

Do you have an aversion to using chemical-laden insecticides? Our friends at WFAA sister station KARE in Minneapolis have compiled some helpful tips to create bug sprays made with natural ingredients.

A natural insecticide found in a relatively obscure tree is available to environment-conscious home gardeners after years of research. Derived from the seeds of the tropical neem tree (Azadirachta ...

For the first time, researchers in Australia have documented insecticide resistance in field-collected populations of bluegreen aphids, Acyrthosiphon kondoi—a worldwide pest of pulses and other legume ...

Very low concentrations of the popular organic insecticide Spinosad have profound effects on beneficial insect species, including vision loss and neurodegeneration, new research led by the University ...

It's a major bummer when your kale leaves start to get holes chewed in them or your lettuce leaves seem to disappear faster than they can grow. Here's a natural solution you can make in a jiffy with ...

AUGUSTA, Ga., Aug. 1 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say ingesting too much undercooked red beans and rice causes nausea, diarrhea and vomiting because of a natural insecticide. Lectins are a family of ...

Aloe vera is farmed in huge quantities around the world as an ingredient for cosmetic and medicinal products. But after the gel is harvested from inside the leaf, the leftover peels are often thrown ...

The use of deguelin, a natural plant extract most commonly used as an insecticide in Africa and South American, inhibits the growth of precancerous and cancerous lung cells, with no toxic effects on ...