CALUMET CITY -- The switchboards at the Calumet City and Hammond police stations lit up Tuesday morning as people reported seeing two small aircraft periodically diving toward the ground. The planes, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Department of Agriculture is beginning treatment to control the Spongy Moth population in the state. Spongy Moths, formerly known as Gypsy Moths, are considered a ...

MONTAGUE - A low-flying airplane will be over areas of the township early Wednesday morning spraying for what are now known as spongy moth caterpillars. The areas are to receive a liquid spray over ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Yellow airplanes armed with a bug-busting concoction will soon dot the skies of central Ohio to take aim at a destructive, plant-eating pest. Beginning on Monday and throughout ...

If you spot yellow aircraft flying low over the trees this week, you may wonder if you've wandered into a scene from Alfred Hitchcock's "North by Northwest." But don't worry, you (probably) aren't ...

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture had crop-dusting planes spraying in the area again on Tuesday for gypsy moths. Starting about 5 a.m., when weather allowed, the yellow planes will flew about 50 ...

As a caterpillar, the invasive spongy moth consumes as much leaf tissue as it can, as fast as it can, threatening the lives of whole forests across the upper Midwest. But Illinois continues to stand ...