An Ashland reader recently noticed some curious little, almost lantern-like attachment appearing on her spruce. At first glance, these little cocoons looked like little lanterns in her evergreen.

Researchers are revealing the interactions between two types of environmental stress—food deprivation and heat stress—and ...

WASHINGTON, DC, US — First commercially introduced for major field crops in 1996, adoption of genetically engineered (GE) ...

Pesticide safety is extremely important. If the directions on the label are followed, both the applicator and the environment ...

The cool weather without any freezing temperatures in most of Central and South Texas was welcome. Things to do this week in the garden Plant wildflowers by spreading the seed in a way that ...

Not all corn is created equal. Corn hybrids offer a wide array of traits that help give you a leg up against pests and diseases, maximizing your yield potential. But what hybrid is right for you? Like ...

The Jan. 23 Winona Daily News published a story from The Associated Press that said “states weigh GMO labels.” The story contained a number of misleading and inaccurate statements. For example, it ...

Mr. Grunwald is a contributing Opinion writer. This essay is part of a series on environmental health. Glyphosate just sounds like nasty stuff. It’s the main active ingredient in the common weedkiller ...

Recently, on a chilly early morning, I noticed a lovely, tiny, pink moth hunkered down on a deep purple salvia blossom. The insect was so small—smaller than a postage stamp—you had to be up close to ...

It sounds like you have tomato fruitworms to contend with in your garden. I haven’t seen these pests in the tomatoes in my garden at home (our dachshunds eating ripening tomatoes have been a bigger ...