Sea lamprey prey upon native fish in the Great Lakes region (like this lake trout), and will now be targeted in traps using their own sexual pheromone against them. Sea lamprey prey upon native ...

Nieh’s team created a series of traps using sex pheromones to attract male hornets. Pheromones are chemicals that are produced to convey information within a species, according to Nieh.

The researchers were able to identify three major chemicals that comprise the Asian giant hornet queen’s pheromone: hexanoic acid, octanoic acid, and decanoic acid. The team then created traps ...

Now, scientists may finally have a way of trapping these insects before they devastate local bee colonies. Researchers say sex pheromone traps could help stop the Asian giant hornet from invading more ...

In a new study, scientists identified three chemicals in the sex pheromone of Asian giant hornet queens. When traps with those chemicals were placed near the hornets’ nests in China — part of ...

Researchers say sex pheromone traps could help stop the Asian giant hornet from invading more states and wreaking havoc. A team from the University of California-San Diego says stimulating odors ...