The hemlock woolly adelgid has spread throughout the state, but Cornell University and the DEC may have a solution.

Caterpillars feed birds, which provide pest-control services in our gardens by feeding thousands of insects each to their ...

Beech blight aphids have a silly behavior where they dance when disturbed. Read here to learn why and how they dance!

Here’s how to tell what type of cockroaches are invading a home based on their looks and behavior. Able to spread disease and ...

Leaving your leaves where they fall — or at least using them in your yard instead of bagging them up — is a sustainable ...

Vicki Herren is a retired wildlife biologist and ardent birder who volunteered to be the Important Bird Area chair for the — High Plains Audubon Society. At the end of last year, while walking with a ...

Nymphs (juvenile spotted lanternflies) are black with white spots, then become red with black spots as they develop. Adults are roughly 1 inch long and half-inch wide. Their brown forewings have black ...

If you’re like most well-intentioned gardeners, you might give a lot of thought to planting the “right” plants to nourish ...

These creatures of contradiction aren’t hawks and aren’t the most active at night, but nighthawks are birds worth knowing ...

The red pigments in some fall leaves have proven to be a puzzle for researchers who debate why leaves bother to go red.

Fall is ushered in by shorter days, cooler temperatures, football games all weekend long, and by falling leaves. When late ...