While the best mattress for your needs should be a sleep sanctuary, without proper care, it can also become a haven for pests ...

Enjoying the outdoors and ending up with red spots on the ankles and in thin skin areas on the body is frustrating. Chiggers ...

Researchers believe that they have pinpointed the cause of a history-making recent honey bee die-off, and what they found ...

Mild soap works wonders! Mix a few drops of fragrance-free dish soap (around ½ teaspoon per litre of water) and gently wipe down affected leaves and stems with a soft cloth or sponge. This smothers ...

One of the most recognizable summer garden problems is powdery mildew, a fungal disease that affects a wide range of plants.

Here’s how to tell the difference between mosquitoes, chiggers and no-see-ums by their bites and how to treat and prevent ...

Warm weather often means the emergence of pests —even on our houseplants. Summer is a crucial time to examine your indoor ...

A Kansas State University entomologist says that pesticides being developed at a nano-scale and ultraviolet lighting are new ...

The Honey Bee Health Coalition says all Varroa mites collected from the affected colonies tested positive for a genetic marker linked to resistance to amitraz, the most commonly used miticide in ...

"These guys are so small that they pretty much go unnoticed until their conditions are perfect—then the population explodes," an expert told Newsweek.

I often run into people who genuinely don't want to use herbicides and pesticides but as one fellow recently said to me: ...

When I attended her biocontrol presentation titled “Rethinking Rose Pest Management,” I discovered that, apparently, true ...