Warm days start stretching longer, flowers push green shoots through soil, and excitement builds about fresh tomatoes, roses, or herbs growing near the porch. Then something else wakes up too. Tiny ...

Marigolds are easy-growing, popular companion flowers in vegetable gardens. They've been shown to reduce the prevalence of ...

Thrips are tiny (around 1/20 inch long) slender insects that cause mostly cosmetic damage to leaves, fruit, and flowers.

Here’s how to identify and treat the most common houseplant bugs.

Even at levels safe for humans, air pollution can disrupt the way some insects communicate with plants, and with each other.

If insect infestations are destroying your garden, then rest assured that there is a way to banish them for good – by strategically planting annual flowers. As we come into spring and the days grow ...

Asters are a welcome addition to any garden Beneficial hoverflies can control an aphid population New York aster likes wet habitats Fall asters, goldenrods and black-eyed Susans are the mainstays of ...

Using a mobile stamen to slap away insect visitors maximizes pollination and minimizes costs to flowers, a study shows. For centuries scientists have observed that when a visiting insect's tongue ...

Rosemary is a herbaceous shrub many people grow for cooking. But it actually has many more uses in the garden, especially when grown with the right companions.

What looks like a plant’s failed fruit may actually be a clever deal that lets both the plant and its pollinating beetles ...

When it comes to research on habitats for pollinating insects, villages have so far received relatively little attention. The ...