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.

The latest tool to stop the spread of invasive spotted lanternflies isn’t a powerful pesticide or a cutting-edge machine—it’s a good boy with an insatiable nose and a knack for tricks, Atmos reports.

The spotted lanternfly, a leaf-hopping invasive pest first detected in the U.S. a decade ago, has steadily spread across the East Coast and into the Midwest with little getting in its way. But now ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Two dogs are working with the Tennessee Department of Agriculture to sniff out an invasive pest: the spotted lanternfly. Winnie and Marcel are two specially-trained detection ...