CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) -- Japanese beetles, some of the worst landscape pests around, began appearing in Iowa a couple of years ago and now have multiplied their way through Iowa yards and fields.

Iowa State's Arti Singh is leading a project that builds on the Pest-ID web-based tool that helps farmers across Iowa and around the world identify and manage crop threats. Iowa State ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) _ Japanese beetles are munching up more of Iowa's crops. The beetles have been in Iowa for more than a decade and have been spotted in 25 counties. They can damage about 300 ...

A zookeeper shows off an American burying beetle at the St. Louis Zoo. Their staff is working to conserve this threatened species. American burying beetles bring dead animals underground, turn them ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Add the Japanese beetle to the list of foreign pests invading Iowa and munching on everything from grape vines to rose bushes. Iowa State University entomologist Donald Lewis ...