As any seasoned gardener will tell you, slugs and snails are destructive pests that wreak havoc on your plants. Slugs and ...

Monday evening, we returned to Southeast Texas from our family visit in north Alabama, and as is typical for us, it created a hectic week. How is it that in four days, things go sideways in the garden ...

Winter is a great time to re-mulch your garden, but you could end up attracting pests like termites and mice. Avoid these ...

One common first aid item can easily kill any insect that has made your garden plants or houseplants their home - and it ...

The bugs and other critters Erika Iyengar’s students find in their water samples dictate their reactions. “If we go somewhere and find any stoneflies I go, ‘Woohoo,’” said Iyengar, a biology professor ...

Strange creatures lurking in our gardens give us pause. We want to know if they harm people or plants. Pill bugs draw maximum attention because they’re common and numerous. When disturbed they roll ...

Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail . . . Run, tailors, run, or she’ll kill you all e’n now. —Old Nursery Rhyme The sluggish snail has turned out to be far more deadly than the anonymous poet ...

Once a week, six volunteer biologists gather in the Schiele Museum of Natural History’s Collections Department, where they work to identify and describe insects, spiders, fungi and snails that live in ...

Insects can wreak havoc on both garden plants and houseplants at any time of year, but one common first aid item could eliminate them in no time.