If you love exploring the great outdoors, you will no doubt be aware of the dangers that ticks pose. These blood-sucking critters can latch onto the skin of dogs, cats, and humans, and are ...

Don't let your bed become a toxic jungle, wash your sheets and keep things clean.

Warm days start stretching longer, flowers push green shoots through soil, and excitement builds about fresh tomatoes, roses, ...

A popular product used by home fruit-tree growers in days past was a spray known as “dormant oil.” Gardeners would apply the spray to leafless trees in late winter to kill overwintering bugs and bug ...

Nobody wants to deal with bugs in their house, and that’s why so many people call pest control services. However, people have become increasingly aware of the side effects associated with pesticides ...

Diatomaceous earth is a great, organic pest control method. Learn how to use diatomaceous earth to control garden pests like ...

Clover lawns have gained significant popularity among homeowners seeking low-maintenance alternatives to traditional grass.

Winter grain mite has been identified and is actively feeding in wheat, Washington State University Extension agents say. WSU posted an alert on its Small Grains website. “It’s pretty extensive up ...

Katie Edwards is commissioning editor of health and medicine at The Conversation in the UK. Alejandra Perotti has received funding from BBSRC. Dan Baumgardt does not work for, consult, own shares in ...

March is here. It is usually the start of our dry season, but we are heading into the season in a serious drought.

EXCERPT: The early predator gets the psylla. Deraeocoris has become the superstar of pear psylla natural enemies, partly ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... My house is being invaded. It happens to some extent in fall of most years, but this is the most intense we have experienced, and on the first day of ...