Moles‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ may be small, but the damage they do to gardens and lawns can be quite significant. Most of the times their ...

FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Homeowners across western Washington are finding their lawns torn apart by an unlikely partnership: crows and raccoons simultaneously working to dig up invasive beetle grubs.

Six years ago, after watching my circle of friends surrender one too many evenings to insurance wrangling and doctor portals and DMV confusion, I emailed them a proposal: Come over next Tuesday. Grab ...

This is the time of year when Nicole Hughes gets constantly distracted by the fall foliage as she drives around North Carolina. "I'm always looking," says Hughes, a biologist at High Point University.

Daylight saving time will end for most of the U.S. on the first Sunday in November. Colorado passed a bill to adopt permanent daylight saving time, but it requires federal approval and regional ...

As a kid, I remember not much annoyed my mother more than the presence of Japanese beetles in her garden. There was no way they were staying in her garden. I think that they were the first beetle I ...

Q: I have been harvesting my potatoes this week, and some of them have big chunks eaten away. They were underground, so I don’t see how this could be mice or chipmunks. Yesterday, I turned up a couple ...

Japanese beetles aren’t exactly newcomers. These invasive beetles were first found in the U.S. in the early 20th century, likely arriving as grubs in the soil of iris plants imported from Japan.

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DENVER, Colorado — Even though Japanese beetles begin to dissipate this time of year, don't let up on them. Try to get every last beetle before they have a chance to mate and lay eggs in your lawn and ...

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