Except for diseased or pest-infected plants, don't cut back all your perennials in fall. Standing plants support wildlife, prevent snow drifts, and reduce urban flooding. Delay your yard cleanup until ...

Texas is among the hottest states in America. And where there’s heat, there’s insects. Wasps are no exception. If you’ve ever been stung by a wasp, the first whir of a buzz may send you running inside ...

Charles Williams, a Ph.D. student in the UW Program in Ecology and Evolution, poses with a cutthroat trout in the Snake River. Williams is one of 13 UW master’s or doctoral students studying ...

Authorities have confirmed that multiple Asian Hornets have been found in Northern Ireland for the first time.

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A tiny worm that leaps high into the air—up to 25 times its body length—to attach to flying insects uses static electricity to perform this astounding feat, scientists have found.

That same principle applies to urban agriculture — albeit on a much smaller scale. During a recent Agronomy Day at Northeast Community College, one of the seven sites for studen ...

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A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and biologists at Emory and Berkeley. By generating opposite charges, the worm and ...

As the weather turns colder, lavender begins to dry up and brown, necessitating a light trim to maintain its appearance. Despite being a low-maintenance plant, lavender can become bushy over the year, ...