As if weeds and weird weather weren't bad enough, gardeners also have to face insect pests. Here's how to deal with them. Do you garden? I do, and every year, I watch my tomatoes and lettuce get ...

A swarm of destructive wasp-like insects is spreading fast, and it could mean bad news for pine trees, holiday traditions, and your backyard.

Summer is here and in full swing. Also here are ticks, mosquitoes, bagworms, and poison hemlock. Numbers of ticks have risen ...

Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...

That’s one way. The easier way, I feel, and the one that’s also more environmentally responsible, is simply to apply DEET insect repellent to your legs, arms, pants, socks, and shoes.

Next to marigolds, nasturtiums are one of the most popular plants for natural pest control. They are used as trap crops in veggie gardens to draw aphids away from food crops or used to attract ...

Photo: Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS Biosecurity officials are admitting defeat, saying it is no longer possible to wipe out a destructive species of tree-boring pest from a city's parks.

ByTom Wark Updated June 19 2025 - 6:31pm, first published 6:30pm ByTom Wark Updated June 19 2025 - 6:31pm, first published 6:30pm ...