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Check out our new "Science in Your Shopping Cart" podcast series to learn which ARS research products may be sitting in your shopping cart.

Scientists are studying the unique adaptations that help pollinators thrive.

Cooking with Science Episode 5: learn about research ARS is doing to improve grains, watch a cooking video and get recipes.

Robots guided by advances in computer science and AI present an opportunity to ensure a growing U.S. agriculture.

Bees are essential to healthy, biodiverse ecosystems.

Learn about the versatility of buckwheat in cooking as well as the nutritional benefits and taste variety of beans.

ARS presents a new cooking series that blends culinary dishes with food science. Each episode highlights a talented chef who creates wonderful, delicious recipes while our research experts discuss how they are making the foods we eat safer, tastier and more sustainable.

ARS is safeguarding agriculture from the destructive fall armyworm.

Pollinators are essential to healthy, biodiverse ecosystems.

Does the future of farming include harvesting solar rays along with crops?

Check out some cool innovations and research being conducting to ensure your favorite apples are fresh, tasty, cost-friendly, and high quality.

Scientists at ARS are exploring solutions to help boost bees’ defenses and keep them buzzing.

ARS scientists in Idaho are using cattle to promote ecological restoration of western rangelands overrun by invasive grasses.

ARS researchers developed a weather data model to predict EcO157 contamination trends in lettuce.

Did you know that fire ants are a menace to humans, animals, and agriculture? At ARS, we're working to stamp out fire ants!

ARS researchers have collected and identified 50 lady beetles that are beneficial, serving as champions of Hawaiian biological pest control.

Researchers develop novel way to prevent the spread of plant disease.

Cooking with Science Episode 3: learn about research ARS is doing to improve strawberries, watch a cooking video and get recipes.

One of the great challenges to sustainability today is plastics.

USDA is launching a "Grand Challenge" initiative to combat salmonella poisoning.

Cooking with Science Episode 2: learn about ARS potato research, watch a cooking video and get recipes.

ARS researchers are examining how cattle, swine, and poultry are raised in an effort to improve their quality of life.

The invasive Arundo plant threatens local water supplies. See how ARS scientists are identifying insects that are naturally equipped to fight this problem.

Researchers are collaborating to ensure that Alaska farmers have the best possible crops and practices for resilient and sustainable production in their changing condition.

ARS keeps the pep in peppers. Cooking with Science Episode 1: Learn about ARS research to develop superior peppers, watch a cooking video and get recipes.

Scientists at ARS's Eastern Regional Research Center in PA have identified a method to improve the safety of ready-to-eat foods while minimizing quality losses.

Scientists are working alongside industry and academia researchers to produce green jet fuel.

Nearly $8 billion per year is, literally, wasting away and there is currently no way to stop it. ARS scientists are on the case.

Researchers believe perennial grains could provide a number of crucial advantages for farmers and the environment.

ARS researchers are helping farmers use beneficial insects to protect their crops.

ARS scientists are using non-traditional fish parts to make catfish more appealing to diners and increase profits for fish farmers.

This gallery offers photos relating to research at the Agricultural Research Service. Download the photos and learn about our research.

We all know that insects surround us, but what about the ones that get closer to home – inside our homes?

At ARS, researchers are working on new approaches to limit ticks’ ability to spread.

ARS scientists are inventing new tools to investigate blood-sucking insects.

ARS researchers have been hot on the trail of the destructive spotted lanternfly.

This insect is native to East Asia and feeds on the sap of the vividly colorful crapemyrtle trees, as well as apple and blackberry plants.

Learn how ARS scientists are working hard to fight this pest and protect our beloved ash trees.

These parasitic wasps lay eggs inside the developing fly larva and consume them from the inside.

ARS scientists are constantly discovering and describing new species of insects like the ostrich moth.

This moth is native to Southeast Asia and its caterpillar feeds on the tissues inside stems of plants in the myrtle family.

This mite is used by farmers to attack and feast on bugs that destroy strawberries and other crops inside greenhouses and fields.

These caterpillars started as a “friend” but the species became an invasive “pest” when it was discovered in Florida.

This gallery offers photos relating to research at the Agricultural Research Service. Download the photos and learn about our research.

This gallery offers photos relating to research at the Agricultural Research Service. Download the photos and learn about our research.