Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite ...

Snails and slugs are common pests in gardens. They belong to the mollusk family along with oysters, and they crawl along over ...

Learning to identify bug bites and stings will help you get the right treatment. We break down the bites of mosquitos, fleas, ...

Tiny flying bugs in your kitchen aren't always fruit flies. These overlooked pests are often mistaken for them -- and need ...

Most people have done it. You see something small and wiggly on a plant, your brain says “bug = bad,” and your hand is already moving to squash it. But a lot of the insects in a normal backyard are ...

Winter brings with it an appetite for foods such as nabe or oden hotpots, and a common condiment to add to enhance their ...

You may have done everything to protect your bird feeder from squirrels and other critters, but overlooking this one task may ...

For this installment of "From the Archives," we answer a reader question about the monk parakeets and grackles in Austin.

Some common garden plants can unknowingly invite snakes closer to homes. Experts warn that certain plants create the perfect ...

The consumption of edible insects, a common part of the diet of some Asian and Latin American countries, is tentatively ...

Through pollination and feeding on all parts of plants, insects influence which plants thrive, which struggle, and even ...

In an extremely rare and shocking occurrence, the Indian rat snake was found in a ground-floor residential property in the ...