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DARPA Aims to Create Armies of ‘Insect Allies’ to Protect Crops Worldwide

Nov 03, 2016 11:16 PM EDT

"DARPA plans to harness the power of this natural system by engineering genes inside plant viruses that can be transmitted by insects to confer protective traits to the target plants they feed upon."

Climate Change Responsible For Declining Population of Pollinating Bumblebees

Quadey Humile |

Jul 15, 2015 06:10 AM EDT

Climate change has a negative impact on the survival of bumblebees, a new study published in the journal Science revealed.

GMO Livestock Feed Caused No Nutrition, Health Problems

Marc Maligalig |

Sep 26, 2014 01:44 PM EDT

University of California, Davis animal scientist Alison Van Eenennaam examined almost 30 years of livestock-feeding studies that represent over 100 billion animals and found that the health and performance of food-producing animals eating genetically engineered feed has been comparable to that of animals non-GE feed.