Often when you are asked, “How was your summer?”, you think back on travel or family or some landmark that made the three ...

As apples fall to the ground, barbeque grills are fired up at tailgates, and pumpkins don front porches – one insect gets blamed for another insect’s pesky behavior. This article ...

Last Sunday was the autumn equinox and the official first day of fall. The equinox is a special time, as day and night, ...

A wheel bug is a bizarre-looking insect you’ll see in landscapes and other areas late in the year. It may be a bit of a ...

The Insecta group is one of the largest taxonomic classifications. Sometimes called “Hexapoda” (meaning six legs), these ...

Saturday morning at Wilson Lake, a group of kids peer into a bag containing some monarch butterflies as they learn how to tag ...

The origins of pumpkin spice can be traced back to the 1930s when pumpkin pie became a Thanksgiving tradition. The story of pumpkin spice goes way back to the early days of autumn spice mixes. These ...

Planthoppers resembling moths with red spotted wings have been seen across JMU’s campus: they’re the invasive spotted ...

YAKIMA, Wash.-A pollinator garden will be installed in Yakima's West Valley Community Park on Sept. 28. The 16-by-16 foot ...

Maybe you have been telling yourself that you need to control the weeds in your lawn. That’s a worthy goal. Now is a good ...