Different species of spiders produce different silks that serve different purposes, from floating on air to cradling eggs. The triangle weaver spider, Hyptiotes cavatus, weaves and holds a three-sided ...

Nobody wants to find a brown recluse spider in their yard, garden, or house. Sadly, there's something you're doing that is ...

In a greenhouse in Tokyo, researcher Ko Mochizuki noticed something unusual. Flies were swarming around the delicate flowers ...

Grass seed does better when the weather is cooler. Fall has the perfect combination of air temperature and soil temperature to grow grass. Daytime air temperatures hover between 60 and 75 degrees ...

Lemon grass, Cymbopogon citratus, is a flavorful herb that can be an attractive addition to your garden. In the tropics, it grows as a perennial, but here we grow it as an annual. It is a member of ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) 一 In a move to mow down a wave of invasive plants, the city of Austin will release sterile grass carp in Lake Austin later this fall. Currently around 30% of the lake is covered with ...

Ok. Let’s get this out of the way. Every time I write about lawns, my inbox jams up with messages from the lawn haters. “Biological wasteland.” “Unconscionable assault on nature.” “Abomination upon ...

An invasive grass that spreads quickly in disturbed areas has been found in three state game areas, and officials are asking the public to help locate stands of the plant before it becomes thoroughly ...

Just when I thought my volunteer cherry tomato plant would continue to thrive into its second year, it became infested with spider mites and had to be removed. Last September, it had sprouted in the ...