The Association of Beekeepers of the Balearics (ABA) is launching a project to install sentinel apiaries at the port of Palma, aiming for early detection of invasive wasps arriving on goods or vessels ...

As the weather warms and the first green shoots appear after the winter, many gardeners are eager to start tidying up their ...

Woolly aphids aren’t the same as true aphids, but they are in the same family. They have a waxy, cotton-like covering that ...

Aphids have not waited for summer to make their move this year. Gardeners across the Southeast have spotted clusters of tiny ...

A symbiotic relationship is best defined as two organisms living together where one or both benefit from the relationship and ...

If you want to truly support bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, planting a few “pollinator-friendly” flowers isn’t always enough. The real impact comes from choosing native plants, which are ...

"I’ve been down 3,000 feet alone in the ocean, which has got to be one of the loneliest places on the planet," Widder says.

Neat kitchen gardens often miss an easy opportunity. Dill, cilantro, fennel, oregano, thyme, and basil make small, accessible flowers that suit hoverflies, parasitoid wasps, and other beneficial ...

One of the most underrated resources for any home grower is the community of organic home growers already experimenting with closed-loop, regenerative systems.

Tiny insects trapped in amber could tell us a great deal about their roles in past ecosystems: pollinators, parasites, predators, and prey. But how many of the insects preserved alongside each other ...

For decades, the basics of plant growth have been taught in grade school: Plants make their food out of water from the soil, light from the sun and carbon dioxide from the air in a process called ...