No ears, no problem. The tobacco hornworm caterpillar, a common garden pest, can actually detect airborne sound via microscopic hairs on its body, according to a team of faculty and graduate students ...

Chris Dobey tries to flick a wasp away at Alexandra Palace Bradley Collyer - PA Images/Getty Images Alexandra Palace has been the home of the PDC World Championship since 2008, but arrows are not the ...

NC’s coastal black bears, whales and microplastics, hornworms vs. wasps and algae in window panes. How scientists study NC’s coastal black bear population using the hair they leave behind, why whales ...

These variegated, collaged-looking nests — fetching up to $250 each — are a recent fixation in interior design. Indoors, a wasp nest can look like a sculpture that both “elevates living spaces” and ...

Jaco Greeff received funding from the National Research Foundation. Any opinion, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and therefore the NRF ...

If you love figs, you may have heard some unsettling lore about them: that every fig hides a wasp, because these insects need to crawl inside and die in order for the fruit to grow. But are there ...

I saw your recent column about tomato fruitworms, and was wondering if this pest also eats leaves. The leaves of one of my tomato plants are being eaten by something. A couple of the branches now have ...

Question: A huge magnolia tree in my yard started blooming again this month. It bloomed profusely this spring, and I’ve never seen it bloom again in the fall. Someone told me that this means the tree ...

Editor’s note: Throughout the growing season, Mike Hogan, OSU Extension Educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources in Franklin County will answer gardening and home landscape questions submitted ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A previously unidentified species of invasive parasitic wasps is ...

Hornworms are a common tomato plant pest. This series provides answers to selected questions recently submitted to the UC Master Gardeners of Yolo County Help Desk. Question: I am trying to identify ...