These laboratories conduct research projects to search for, identify, evaluate and prioritize potential biological control agents for use against invasive species, with emphasis on species, which are invasive to US. Biological control research at ARS overseas laboratories is conducted at:

• Australian Biological Control Laboratory (ABCL), Brisbane, Australia.
• European Biolgical Control Laboratory (EBCL), Montpellier, France.
• South American Biological Control Laboratory (SABCL), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• Sino American Biological Control Laboratory (Sino-ABCL), Beijing, China.