pest control

Detections of new world screwworms, a flesh-eating maggot, have grown in recent years in South America. As the federal government works to prevent the pests' spread, Oklahoma officials are rolling out a response.

Researchers installed nine bat houses in pecan orchards on the institute’s Red River Ranch and Conrad-McMillan Pecan Farm to find if bats can reduce the need for pesticides.

There’s hardly an animal in our High Plains ecosphere more recognizable than the skunk. And once you see them, you worry that you might also SMELL them.…