As your plants begin to bloom this spring, experts warn to take care when checking your plant's leaves - you could be in a ...

INSECTS do not usually give us humans too much concern. However, if one studies even a tiny bit of natural history topics ...

Blooms are under siege from sap-sucking aphids right now but encouraging their natural predators to move into your patch will ...

The St. Louis Zoo was right outside the path of an EF-3 tornado and managed to keep hundreds of animals, insects, reptiles ...

Insect trafficking is a growing threat fueled by the exotic pet trade. Smugglers transport rare insects using secretive ...

Paleoentomologists associate different damage with a variety of strategies that may change as plants and insects coevolve. Based on what the Leaf Whackers have collected so far, and on Labandeira ...

A majority of the insects you see in your garden don’t harm plants and are, in fact, “beneficials” because they benefit your ...

Here are some of our gardening practices that can adversely affect these water bodies and the environment in general, so read ...

Aphids, which are probably the most common insect in gardens, are small, usually light green — though there are black, gray or red aphids — and sometimes sport a fuzzy coat. They feed on plants by ...

There are three major types of diseases that affect blue spruce trees: needlecasts, tip blights, and canker diseases. The two ...

The primary insects of concern for grass forages are armyworms and grasshoppers, but weather events drive both pest problems. Armyworm challenges are linked to years of heavy spring moth flights, ...

Cutworms—a generic term for the caterpillars of many moths—feed on tender plants. Learn how to get rid of cutworms in the ...