Temperatures dropped into the teens a couple of nights this past week. While we grow vegetables during the cold season that ...

Since the early 2000s, the emerald ash borer has been a thorn in homeowners’ sides—or anyone with trees in their yard. These invasive insect pests cause oft-catastrophic damage to ash trees, and ...

“Pyrethrin is the most important insecticide in the world,” says Joel Maina Kibett, chief agriculture officer of Nakuru ...

Join in with Ireland's drive to make a real difference in protecting biodiversity as part of the #PlantHealth4Life initiative ...

When you open up your bag of flour and you discover something alive, don't panic. It happens to everyone, even the cleanest ...

Days are short, and nights are long. Winter solstice, Dec. 21, happens when our planet reaches farthest away from the sun on ...

While out and about, you may have seen someone’s home garden and found yourself admiring the blooms. Maybe you find yourself ...

The pasture mealybug is an invasive insect that originates from Australia. It’s recently been found in fields from the Rio ...

Learn how to identify common garden snakes and quickly tell which species are harmless and which require caution.

An entomologist at Anglia Ruskin University has discovered seven new species of leafhopper. A researcher at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, England has identified seven previously unknown ...

When most people see a leafhopper in their backyard garden, they notice little more than a tiny green or striped insect flicking from leaf to leaf. But these insects are actually master engineers, ...

The facility, now located at the Northern Botanical Garden in Río Piedras, houses more than 52,000 specimens of high ...