Carpenter bees are big and, to the uninitiated, scary-looking. But the males don’t have stingers, and the females only use ...

You think you live in an echo chamber? Even my pharmacy is called the Devonshire. Though it opened late last year, the pub to ...

The baby pepper is edible and should taste the same as its mama. And peppers aren't the only victims of internal ...

We're all familiar with beneficial insects like ladybugs, dragonflies and bees, but it's high time we reconsider our definition of "pests" and collectively add other, less-familiar insects to the frie ...

Great Britain's Royal Horticultural Society has removed the pest designation from slugs and snails, which are typically ...

What’s a nuisance snail? Aquatic snails can be broadly placed into two camps: nuisance and ornamental. Ornamental snails, such as rabbit snails or zebra nerites, are usually large, attractive species ...

This sculpture is the talk of a town on the south coast of England. News of the new art installation has reached far and wide because of the resemblance, much to the surprise of the artist.

Clarence visits Australia’s first planned Garden Suburb of Haberfield in Sydney’s inner-west - designed to give people a greater connection to nature. He meets garden designer Kath Gadd to ...

The parasitic flatworm, Leucochloridium paradoxum, turns snails into zombies by controlling their eye stalks. The infected stalks resemble caterpillars, attracting birds that eat the snails.

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - An American robin feeds a worm to her hungry nestlings on a front porch in Cheverly, Md., Sunday, May ...

It's enough to bring even the most seasoned gardener to tears. Young tender plants are the perfect drawcard for pests such as ...