Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The way gardeners view insects has come a long way in the past few decades. The importance of pollinators and the natural pest ...

A backyard should feel like a relaxing escape, not a buffet line for unwanted insects and critters. Yet small everyday habits ...

For many people, seeing ladybugs in your yard or garden often gets described as a good sign, and it is. However, there’s a ...

This week on Backyard Farmer we’ll check our garden for disease and insect pests. This week on Backyard Farmer we’ll check our garden for disease and insect pests. Host Kim Todd and the panel of ...

If you plant a garden, they will come. Insects, that is. Frank Lutz, curator of insects at the American Museum of Natural History in New York in the early 20th century, counted almost 1,500 species in ...

These 10 flowering plants attract bees, butterflies, and other pollinators during the monsoon. They boost biodiversity, ...

Most people have done it. You see something small and wiggly on a plant, your brain says "bug = bad," and your hand is already moving to squash it. But a lot of the insects in a normal backyard are ...

This week on Backyard Farmer, we’re digging into timely garden topics! Entomologist Jody Green highlights invasive insects you should watch for in your landscape. Terri James and Kim Todd share expert ...

Every spring, the air near my house hums. Bees and insects crisscross my yard searching for a sip of nectar, ferrying pollen between the golden poppies and California lilacs and bumbling across flower ...

Ten of the best plants to attract pollinating insects to your garden this summer - How to support insect week ...