I rarely spot either culprit, but my trees reveal exactly what pileated woodpeckers and carpenter ants are up to.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Carpenter ants are a difficult pest to deal with,” says Emma Grace Crumbley, a professional entomologist who, as a member of the ...

In the forest, carpenter ants have a job to do, recycling woody debris, such as dead trees and fallen logs. But these large ants become nuisances when they forage or nest inside our homes. “Carpenter ...

In their natural habitat outdoors, termites and carpenter ants are beneficial, recycling woody debris and returning nutrients to the soil. But inside your home? Not so good. Because these insects have ...

If you’ve ever seen the damage carpenter ants can do, you understand why it’s so important to control them. My housemate used to see them regularly emerge from the wood slat ceiling of her bedroom ...

I was out in the woods enjoying these, potentially, last days of winter and noticed one of our beautiful giant trees getting ripped apart by a pileated woodpecker. The woodpeckers have been going at ...

Ask local resident Mary Ann Davis if "Ants Go Marching One by One" and she's likely to protest and insist it's "20-30-40 at a time!" -- especially if they're big, black and the species known as ...