Cindy Watter, a UC Master Gardener of Napa County, reflects on a favorite book "Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain ...

The most compact Sonos soundbar is 39 percent off ahead of the holidays. The Sonos Ray can be yours for $169 as part of a ...

The Christmas retail season is in full swing complete with maddening traffic jams, queues at the tills and festive songs on ...

In the dark and moist understories of the subtropical forests of Shimoshima Island in Japan grow parasitic plants that feed ...

It has projected demand for insect protein in the animal feed and pet food sectors would reach 500,000 metric tonnes by 2030, ...

Mealworms are nature's scavengers and decomposers, able to survive up to eight months without food or water, and happy to eat their own kind when food is scarce. After 30 days, the research team found ...

High-energy and protein-filled foods help birds survive cold nights. The American Bird Conservancy says to stock bird feeders ...

The discovery of a unique case where the same insect species both pollinate a plant and distribute its seeds not only solves a long-standing botanical mystery. The find also stresses the diverse roles ...

A single maggot can consume up to 400 aphids before reaching maturation. Once they reach adulthood they keep on eating! Assassin bugs hunt caterpillars, spider mites, and thrips, ambushing them from ...

An experiment reveals that a bio-solution to humans’ microplastics mess is likely to fall short, but could inspire other ways to attack the problem.

Dec. 11, 2024 — A new study estimates that more than 9000 insects and other native invertebrates have become extinct in Australia since European arrival in 1788 and between 1-3 additional ...