It's been another year of both discouraging and rewarding results. Here are some lessons I've learned, especially when it ...

The New Canaan Land Trust Firefly Sanctuary has two things fireflies need: darkness and woodlands — both of which are ...

Flesh-eating parasite nears U.S. border, halts livestock trade with Mexico amid rising fears of outbreak and threats to U.S. agriculture.

Finding maggots in your compost pile might be your worst nightmare, but it's important to know why they're there -- and what you can do about it.

Scientists are reporting a global decline in the firefly population. But conservation efforts and some favorable weather may be helping the insects.

Use repellants on exposed skin if you must be outdoors. Oil of lemon eucalyptus, picaridin and higher concentrations of DEET ...

The invasive emerald ash borer beetle is confirmed to be in five new Texas counties, the Texas A&M Forest Service says.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is considering vaccination plans to protect poultry and cattle, including dairy cows, from ...

In his two-line poem, Ogden Nash wrote that “God in his wisdom made the fly and then forgot to tell us why.” One Sunday a fly was buzzing around our church. I’m sure I was not the only parishioner ...

A specific breed of flies could be the livestock industry's best defense against a flesh-eating threat poised to invade the ...

Eleven people have contracted Vibrio vulnificus, the so-called “flesh-eating” bacteria, and four of them have died from it so ...

If the flying menaces hanging out around your houseplants and seedlings are getting on your last nerve, here’s how you get ...