Shady areas in landscapes and gardens require plants that need or tolerate shade. If you need ideas, attend the class “Some ...

Recent cold weather may have some wondering about the effects on landscape plants. In general, uniformly low temperatures ...

However, when it was washed to remove the sebum, ice adhesion was four times higher than unwashed samples. The study also explored the fur’s hydrophobicity – its water-repelling properties – and how ...

From ants moving indoors to ants appearing in your potted plants because they hitched a ride from the plant nursery, there are several reasons why ants might be now calling your potted plants home. We ...

In a step towards developing advanced materials for functional coatings, a research group from Japan, developed a technology that combines structural color coating with super water-repellent ...

As the term 'ant procession' suggests, ants move in a line, following the ant in front of them. A civil and environmental engineering specialist has discovered how procession ants are able to move ...

We round up 6 plants that will keep rodents away from gardens. These natural expert-recommended alternatives will help keep your greenery pest-free.

Sometimes, you can repel garden pests using your kitchen ingredients. With this staple, your plants will get the help they need without chemicals.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Tall, pointed and smelly, the corpse flower is scientifically known as amorphophallus titanum — or bunga ...

Ants are some of those house pests we all try to avoid from having in any part of the house, but somehow it always manages to find its way to a nook or on our food. Sometimes, even when we try to ...

The Lunar New Year is just days away, and many Chinese families are sprucing up their homes with colourful flowers and plants. Nurseries are experiencing brisk sales, as auspicious plants for the ...