The value of basic science in insect biology is no more evident than when a crisis arises involving a devastating insect pest like the New World screwworm, says University of Illinois entomology professor May Berenbaum. In a 2016 essay in the journal Science, Berenbaum wrote about the successful...

Source: [Phys.org](https://phys.org/news/2026-08-qa-decades-eradication-efforts-taught.html)

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