A reader from Mohicanville contacted me around June 15 a few years ago to ask aboutthe deformed branches on her sour cherry tree. My reader’s tree had elongated, rough black swellings or knots that ...

They might look threatening but the insects herding on the trunks of your crape myrtles are psocids, also known as tree cattle and bark lice, that cause no harm. (Courtesy of Tom MacCubbin) A.

Bug smuggling is big business. Demand for exotic pets and collectors’ items drives a flourishing illegal trade in beetles, spiders, and more.

During the month of June, there is much to be done in the garden. Here's everything you should be pruning, thinning, fertilizing, and planting—as well as the pests to watch out for.

This is the case for all your early summer blooming shrubs and trees, like azalea, forsythia, Japanese kerria, weigela, deutzia, mock orange, St. John's wort, viburnums, and red or yellow dogwoods.

Some cherry and plum trees in the central Ohio area are turning black from a fungal disease. Here's what you need to know.

Zurich Zoo highlighted the plight of the endangered orange-eyed tree frog. Native to Costa Rica, this colorful amphibian ...

Ahmedabad Plane Crash: A tragic plane crash at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport on Thursday afternoon, June 12, 2025, left people devastated and heartbroken. Among 242 on ...

A black bear spotted roaming across metro Denver was captured near an Aurora home and relocated to a more bear-friendly habitat, the Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office said.

Neil Young’s encore was always going to include Rockin’ in the Free World – and it didn’t disappoint. He could have ended it ...

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