"An uphill battle." Officials deploy unlikely army to protect against wildfires: 'There's a need ... all across the U.S.' ...

Have you ever wondered how birds feed along their migration trail? I had this conversation with my husband a few months before meeting Tricia Keffer, founder of the educational nonprofit Food Trucks ...

Brood XIV cicadas come out of the ground once every 17 years, and they aren’t shy about letting you know of their presence.

Picking out produce at the grocery store used to be a basic task you could do without overthinking too much. Now, choosing ...

Pennsylvania falls within the defined USDA Northeast region of the U.S.: the western Pennsylvania specific USDA Planting Zone ...

We share more than 97% of our genetic makeup with primates such as chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans. But that doesn’t ...

Colombia's president says cocaine is "no worse" than whiskey as global efforts to "decolonize" the plant spread ...

In most cases there is low risk to songbirds who visit backyard feeders, but there are precautions to be safe.

The overuse of rootworm-resistant corn has led to the crop becoming less effective at controlling the destructive pest – a problem that could cost an estimated $1.6 billion ...

USDA pest experts were abruptly fired last month — swept up in the Trump administration’s frenzied and turbulent efforts to drastically shrink the federal workforce.

From voracious vermin to destructive insects, pest issues are pretty much inevitable in any garden. Left unchecked, these ...