Daily mistakes that could be attracting moles to your gardens and lawns

Moles can damage gardens and lawns. Your gardening practices might be attracting them. Overwatering, dense planting, and ...
Union Leader

Native Hollies Offer More than Holiday Cheer

Few plants evoke winter holidays in the north more dependably than the Christmas holly (Ilex aquifolium).
Birds & Blooms on MSN

Pincushion Flower Care and Growing Tips

Pincushion Flower Identification “I saw this beautiful flower (above) while visiting my son in Vermont. What is the name of it?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Samantha Bisceglia of Sarasota, Florida.

Uncovering how parasitic plants avoid attacking themselves to improve crop protection

Parasitic plants are notorious agricultural pests that drain nutrients from crops and cause economic losses of more than USD ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Flesh-Eating Screwworms Are Creeping Closer to a Comeback in the United States

Roughly 60 years ago, the United States eradicated the New World screwworm, an insect that feeds on living tissue. But now, ...
AZ Animals

Do Carpenter Bees Eat Wood? What They Actually Consume (and Why It Matters)

Carpenter bees bore into a variety of wood sources. But, as they tunnel, do they eat the wood, or are they doing something else?

I study rat nests − here’s why rodents make great archivists

(THE CONVERSATION) Rats and other rodents and pests can make great archivists.