From fungus gnats to thrips, common houseplant pests can be a real nuisance, but with a bit of know-how, they will disappear ...

Do you know how to recognize one of the most common types of ants in the U.S.? Field ants could be hiding under your nose, ...

Brian Eshenaur, Invasive Species Specialist with Cornell’s Integrated Pest Management Program, shows the unique coloration on a spotted lanternflies that has been found in Rochester, Monday, Sept. 30, ...

Tending to a houseplant is therapeutic and has benefits for our physical and mental health. But it can be more than a little ...

For the fourth time, President Donald J. Trump has proposed eliminating the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), an independent body that investigates the causes of significant ...

In the fall, weeds are often more troublesome than insect pests. Cool temperatures and more frequent rainfall in late summer ...

“Aphid-feeding ladybirds such as seven-spot ladybirds and two-spot ladybirds are able to use various cues to determine ...

Aphids produce more generations in warm weather as hotter temperatures speed up their development and reproductive cycle, ...

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But a forgotten treatment, first discovered more than a century ago, could offer hope. Known as bacteriophage therapy—or "phage therapy," for short—it uses viruses that naturally prey on bacteria, ...

Maine’s Board of Pesticides Control says two summer residents poisoned a neighbor’s trees so the couple, both Martha Stewart associates, could have a harbor view. They deny it. Stephen Antonson, a ...