The Habitat Patch Program guides City of Trees residents who want their yards to be habitats where birds and insects thrive.

Some of the fiercest beasts of prey in your garden are on your side. They’re predatory insects that protect your plants by ...

In this video, I demonstrate how I put good bugs back into the garden so they can eat bad bugs like aphids and other pests.

Eating insects is completely normal in large parts of the world, yet in Europe and North America the idea still makes most ...

Did you open a box of spaghetti and find tiny bugs crawling around inside? If you’re wondering whether bugs in dry pasta are ...

The house sparrow is probably one of the easiest birds to ignore. You see them everywhere. They hop around restaurant tables, ...

It’s pretty commonly known, and not very startling, that free-ranging cats eat birds and small rodents. But the degree to which they eat insects might surprise you. We are biologists who for many ...

Aphids, slugs and Japanese beetles can wipe out your summer garden in days. Experts share the fastest ways to spot infestations and stop the damage.

The new Wilma P. Mankiller Cherokee Capitol Park was the location of a program to introduce visitors to insects they might find while visiting there. At the “Intro to Park Bugs” event July 21, Chris ...

There are ways to support insects and protect your local birds.

Aphids are a common sap-feeding insect pest found in the garden. Large clusters of aphids can raise understandable concern from gardeners. Aphids are also a favorite food of many predatory insects.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Does that look tasty? SKashkin/iStock / Getty Images Plus It's pretty commonly known, and not very startling, that free-ranging ...