It’s officially gardening season, and I’m already excited to see my flower beds and the pots on my porch sprout with vibrant ...

I was staring at the vine with three leaf clusters growing on the ground and up the side of several trees where I was chain sawing along a soon-to-be fence line. I hate poison ivy. I am not highly ...

What looks like a danger to the things we enjoy signals deeper vulnerabilities in the food system we depend on.

Walk outside in the tall grass at your peril. It’s chigger season. Chiggers are tiny mites that cause itchy red bumps. On humans, they prefer areas where clothing is tight. Spots include sock-lines, ...

A true bug trapped in amber for 100 million years has revealed a rare evolutionary trick: it had pincers. But not the folding, pocketknife-like forelegs seen in many predatory insects. The animal’s ...

Plant-oil repellents can still be useful, but are not all the same. REI says synthesized plant oils, including oil of lemon ...

A Texas A&M AgriLife Extension expert shares how to avoid and treat chigger bites when these tiny pests are most active.

What native evergreen can be used as a groundcover under a tall tree? Many of our low-growing native plants are not evergreen ...

The greenhouses at Foster Flowers Wholesale Nursery in Whitefish look like most other greenhouses. The floors are covered ...

For a long time, scientists were puzzled by the curious appearance and behaviour of the New Zealand bat fly. Now they think ...

Spider mites remain a consistent challenge for California tree fruit and tree nut growers, often flaring up as temperatures ...

Dust mites thrive in mattresses, pillows and carpets, triggering allergy symptoms even in spotless bedrooms. Learn how to spot them and get rid of them. Dust mites in bed are behind more miserable ...