Recently, we visited with thousands of gardeners and aspiring gardeners at the Central Ohio Home & Garden Show and answered hundreds of different gardening questions. Two topics which seemed to be top ...

Most people do not realize that some insects can live on or inside the human body. These bugs see us as a warm and safe place where they can feed, grow and even lay eggs. Some hide in our hair, some ...

Rising global temperatures are changing the rules for survival—and reproduction—for many species. A new study from Saint Louis University reveals that predicting which species will persist under ...

The 60 th anniversary of the federal Highway Beautification Act, the crowning achievement of Lady Bird Johnson, will be commemorated later this year. Although its lasting political outcome was to ...

National Pollinator Week is coming to a close, but it serves as a reminder for how essential pollinators are to the production of food and fiber. Approximately 75 percent of all flowering plants need ...

A bug sitting on a leaf. Close-up. *One of my professors in college once recalled the time he and some of his fraternity buddies got so drunk at a party that they scraped up a dead animal from off the ...

In Antarctica's freezing depths, tiny creatures have mastered survival tactics that could unlock secrets to extreme cold resistance, with implications for science and medicine. Some of the most ...

Raphael Manet checks the growth of oyster mushrooms at the "Bunker Comestible," (the "edible bunker") in Strasbourg, France.Vincent Kessler/Reuters Mushrooms could thrive in a nuclear, volcanic, or ...

Entomologist Mary Liz Jameson, right, shows Luz Horton which kinds of dung beetles likely live on the land where she and her husband, Jamin Horton, own a bison ranch. Burlingame — Without dung beetles ...

PRAGUE (AP) — The Prague Zoo has joined an international effort to ensure the survival of a rare insect that had been considered extinct for more than 80 years. The zoo is among six institutions ...

Snow and cold temperatures rarely kill plants native to Ohio. Most insects survive cold winters by producing an antifreeze-like chemical or entering diapause. Recently, we visited with thousands of ...