MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija — The Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) is calling on rice growers to shift to integrated pest ...

The golden apple snail has camera-type eyes that are fundamentally similar to the human eye. Unlike humans, the snail can regenerate a missing or damaged eye. UC Davis biologist Alice Accorsi is ...

Many groups in the animal kingdom have the remarkable ability to regenerate their eyes, but mammals are not one of them—at least, not yet. A new study analyzed the genetic mechanisms behind the ocular ...

Wangeci Kinyua farms rice on 4 acres in the Mwea rice irrigation scheme. [Gardy Chacha/Standard] Rice farmers in the Mwea Irrigation Scheme, Kirinyaga County, Kenya's rice production hub, have been ...

An invasion of apple snail could be "disastrous" for rice production and food security in Kenya as well as other rice growing regions across Africa, according to a new CABI-led study published in the ...

Pomacea spp., commonly known as apple snails, are freshwater gastropods native to South America that have become globally invasive pests. Two species in particular, P. canaliculata and P. maculata, ...

Here's what you'll learn when you read this story: But in a strange twist of fate, these particular attributes of the golden apple snail—along with its impressive ability to regenerate its eyes when ...