While many children are hunting for candy eggs, gardeners may want to hunt for another kind: insect eggs. “If you can spot those eggs and get rid of them before they hatch in spring, you’ll have fewer ...

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Here’s something easy you can do to fight disease this spring. While the efforts to end COVID-19 have upended daily life, it may only take a few simple steps to stop the carriers of other dangerous ...

Years ago I was fishing with a friend on the Penobscot River in Maine. We paddled our canoe into the shade in a quiet cove to eat a sandwich when we spotted two gents sitting on the shore. They were ...

Eggs of the mosquito that carries Zika virus can tolerate extended desiccation by altering their metabolism, according to a new study. The finding offers potential new ways to control the spread of ...