Entomologist Bekka Brodie, a faculty member in the new M.S. in Biodiversity Data Analytics program, discusses the need for ...

Cut back hostas after the first hard frost to protect next season’s growth and avoid disrupting the plant’s natural energy cycle. Removing dead leaves in late fall helps prevent pests and disease, ...

Hostas are so easy to grow that we rarely see a temperate shade garden without one. The dizzying selection of foliage means we never tire of them, either. A collection of blue, lime, creamy, and green ...

Winter will be here eventually and that is a good time for gardeners to research about all things gardening — seed sources, soil building, cultivation methods, insecticides and so on. Diatomaceous ...

Frost can occur at temperatures as high as 36 degrees Fahrenheit, but a freeze begins at 32 degrees. A killing frost, which destroys plants by bursting their cells, typically happens at 28 degrees ...

Farmers in wetter parts of the Corn Belt often see damage from slugs and voles. What can you do this fall to reduce these pests next season? Here is a quick review: Slugs. These mollusks are ...

Prune hostas in fall after frost for tidy beds, but waiting until spring protects crowns and roots. In summer, remove dead or damaged leaves and spent flowers to keep plants healthy. Always cut with ...

Q: My Empress Wu hosta has seed pods on the flower stems (see reader's photo). I would like to plant some of the seeds just to see if I can get them to germinate. I realize that the Empress Wu is most ...

Cancer kills more than 500,000 Americans each year. But today, thanks to National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding, UC San Francisco researchers are revolutionizing what we thought we knew about how ...

A north-central Arkansas man who demanded to be addressed as "Lord Shebish" is charged with threatening to kill President Donald Trump, with one Secret Service agent saying the man was planning to cut ...