A new study shows that millions of family dogs can join the fight against the invasive spotted lanternfly with just minimal home training, and perform about as well as professional detection dogs.

Dogs trained by everyday pet owners are proving to be surprisingly powerful allies in the fight against the invasive spotted lanternfly. In a groundbreaking study, citizen scientists taught their dogs ...

BLACKSBURG, Virgina – Researchers at Virginia Tech say man’s best friend may also be one of nature’s best defenses against an invasive pest. For the first time, a study shows that pet dogs could help ...

Have you ever wished that your dog's obsession with sniffing things could lead to something productive? You may be in luck! A recent study has shown that regular pet dogs can be trained to sniff out ...

Growers and conservationists have a new weapon to detect invasive spotted lanternflies early and limit their spread: dogs trained to sniff out egg masses that overwinter in vineyards and forests. A ...

From New York to North Carolina and as far west as Illinois, the invasive spotted lanternfly is causing chaos in many states where agricultural and forestry industries are essential to the economy. It ...

Bronco, a 6-year-old Cardigan Welsh corgi that learned to sniff out spotted lanternfly eggs as part of the Canine Citizen Science Study. Credit: Paige Malone Last fall, at a construction site in Ohio, ...

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