A running archive of regulatory updates, vector-borne disease alerts, invasive species reports, and pest-industry research — translated for homeowners. Reviewed by Derek Giordano, Licensed PCO. Updated regularly by our editorial team.
New research confirms the invasive planthopper is a true generalist with plenty to eat across the continent. That makes eradication unlikely and containment — which depends on ordinary people — the realistic goal.
A 50-year-old Tucson firm joined a national platform in May. A small deal that perfectly illustrates the consolidation reshaping who services your home — and why "local, family-owned" is now a branding decision.
A $252M divestiture, a biologicals acquisition, and new RNA-based products in a single month. The industry's biggest players are reallocating toward targeted, biological pest control. What it means for what reaches your shelf.
A quarter-century of the trade's flagship ranking is the clearest record of how the pest control business has consolidated. The most useful customer question has shifted from "Are you local?" to "Who owns you?"
The CDC's HAN advisory on the MV Hondius Andes virus cluster is a cruise-ship story. The reason it should change how you think about rodents at home is not.
Cornell Cooperative Extension reports degree-day thresholds for first-instar emergence have been crossed in eastern Long Island. What the 1st instar looks like and what it means for the season.
Milwaukee jumped 15 spots, Minneapolis climbed 6, and three new cities entered the top 50. Orkin's annual ranking reflects where new residential mosquito treatments grew fastest.
Johns Hopkins researchers and the CDC point to mild winter, mast-year acorns, and an early warm-up. Lyme cases could exceed 500,000 in 2026.
EPA opened a 60-day comment window on its draft Fungicide Strategy, which applies endangered-species mitigation to roughly 41 million acres of treated U.S. cropland.