Have you been noticing that many deciduous trees throughout the area are covered in browned, dying leaves and branches? The ...

Six counties in Alabama have documented damages from Emerald Tree Borers. What is this invasive species and are they easy to treat?

In one sense, it’s odd to associate any firefly with youth, for by the time we see them lighting up our nights, they are ...

With its ample vegetation and hot, humid temperatures, Alabama is the perfect nesting ground for a wide variety of creatures. Suffice it to say that there are also some pretty big insects lurking in ...

Good fences make good neighbors.” The narrator of the famous Robert Frost poem “Mending Wall” wonders why his neighbor favors ...

Almost everyone wants color in the landscape, and flowerbeds play an important role in that. But it takes a lot of work to ...

In this YouTube video, a cicada sits on a leaf and, over the course of two hours, sheds its old self via molting. Molting is ...

While green isn’t an unusual color in nature, beautiful green animals are somewhat rare and exotic. Many green-colored ...

A couple of recent, late June, incidents are reminders that gardeners need to be vigilant during the long, warm days of ...

The further south you go, the bigger the bugs. Heat has a dramatic effect on the growth rate of some species, and North ...

Herbert, aka ShawtyAstrology, shares her thoughts on Mercury, the moon and what the skies tell us about protecting planet ...