Over three dozen live beetles discreetly hidden inside packages of Japanese snacks were discovered being smuggled into the ...

The beetles, which measured four to five inches long, can "pose a significant threat to our vital agriculture resources." ...

In the decades since, the wood-boring beetle has spread east and west across the U.S. and Canada, killing tens of millions of ash trees, causing one of the costliest forest insect invasions to date.

The invasive emerald ash borer, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, was first found in the United States in southeast Michigan in 2002. In the decades ...