Another red and black bug that could wreak havoc in your garden is the scarlet lily leaf beetle. These are particularly annoying for those who are fond of lilies. These beetles are red on top and ...

Red-shouldered hawks are gorgeous medium-sized, solid birds, smaller than a red-tailed but bigger than a broad-winged hawk.

Why are the trunks of my crape myrtles turning black? They look rather unsightly. Mine aren't the only ones doing this -- ...

March is the ideal month to plant two of the hardiest and most nutritious vegetables a home gardener can grow easily: cabbage ...

While your entire garden does not have to be comprised ... great native replacements including both the Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia) and Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa).

As March draws to a close, New Jersey gardeners are itching to dig into the soil and kick off the growing season. With the ...

A treatment project in Kanthasamy’s lab uses “bugs” to find therapeutic medicine. Bugs is a term that Piyush Padhi, a postdoctoral researcher in translational neuroscience, uses to describe ...

they aren’t considered pests unless you have a vegetable garden. But, on the other hand, overpopulation wouldn’t be healthy, bring on the predators! Red-shouldered hawks are gorgeous medium ...

Pulses are the dried edible seeds of legumes and make a great addition to any food garden. They include beans, peas, and ...

Conventional wisdom is that if you cultivate host plants, butterflies will come. Take, for example, milkweed. After declining monarch populations began making headlines in the late 1990s, people ...

Fast-growing shrubs will make a difference to your outdoor space in record time and provide colour, foliage, privacy or shade ...