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You can have a beautiful, productive garden while working with nature to manage insect pests. As you incorporate various ...

Shady areas in landscapes and gardens require plants that need or tolerate shade. If you need ideas, attend the class “Some ...

Nearly all gardeners have tales of how their once-pristine crops came to be ravaged by an onslaught of insects.

They can invade your home, eat your plants, and endanger your family’s health. Blister beetles are an example of a pest that’s dangerous to both your health and your crops. Blister beetles ...

Though several high-profile names were tossed around, the Dallas Cowboys have found their next head coach in-house. NBC Dallas-Fort Worth has learned that offensive coordinator Brian ...

Natural populations of woodlice are kept in balance by predators such as toads and ground beetles. They are also eaten by shrews, centipedes and some spiders. Most woodlice die soon after birth, ...

Guess who's joining Kendrick Lamar on the Super Bowl halftime stage? None other than multi-Grammy winner singer SZA. Lamar and Apple Music released a trailer Thursday of him walking on a football ...

In this case, it's a beloved classic Volkswagen Beetle. Car Specialist Dave Kunz shows us how this iconic car survived the fire. The owner, Drew Kogon, lives in Boston but had the car parked at ...

Scientists explored the evolutionary success of leaf beetles, the most diverse herbivores on Earth. They showed that symbioses with bacteria have evolved repeatedly and independently in different ...

Carpet beetles (Anthrenus verbasci) don't bite humans, though their larvae can cause a reaction if they come into contact with the skin of someone who's sensitive to the larvae's tiny hairs. These ...

There are 20 nymphs in the “Bloodbathed Battlefront” and they’re depicted as red-orange beetles. Once you find all 20, you’ll get a text from Aglaea. For your troubles, you’ll get the ...