A swarm of destructive wasp-like insects is spreading fast, and it could mean bad news for pine trees, holiday traditions, and your backyard.

Outdoor spiders are hard at work, devouring home and garden pests such as ants, flies, mosquitoes, aphids, and thrips. It’s estimated they kill 400 to 800 million metric tons of prey worldwide ...

Some varieties and young trees are more susceptible to this problem than older bearing trees. There is nothing you can do for the current crop. Next year splitting can be lessened by a balanced ...

This common tree has been discovered to be able to filter gold: “they act like natural pumps” Long maligned for its environmental impact, it may now have a surprising new use, as a natural ...

Pitch Pine Pitch pine trees (Pinus rigida) grow along the eastern North American coast and as far south as northern Georgia. This species thrives in a humid climate and on sandy, shallow soils.

Note: Norway spruce is a common non-native European tree that has been extensively planted and has naturalized in North America. They are primarily found in areas of the Northeast, the Great Lake ...

Key Points Spider egg sacs can appear different, depending on the spider species.Spiders prefer to lay their egg sacs in out-of-the-way, low-traffic, and dark spaces.Removing spider sacs is easy ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The invasive spotted lanternflies have just begun to hatch in Pennsylvania, New ...

Taxol is a widely used chemotherapy drug – it has been used to treat millions of ovarian, breast, and lung cancer patients. Today, it’s mainly produced by extracting its chemical precursor, baccatin ...

The spiders hang egg sacs “like small golf balls” from the cave ceilings, according to officials. These sacs, which can contain as many as 50 babies, have also been disturbed by visitors.

The spiders hang egg sacs “like small golf balls” from the cave ceilings, according to officials. These sacs, which can contain as many as 50 babies, have also been disturbed by visitors.

The spiders hang egg sacs “like small golf balls” from the cave ceilings, according to officials. These sacs, which can contain as many as 50 babies, have also been disturbed by visitors.