The heat is on — or was. A Fourth of July weekend with temperatures eclipsing 90 degrees has set into motion all sorts of outdoor activity. Tomato plants are flourishing, pumpkin vines are growing a ...

Experts suggest this year's warm weather could be why birds have been digging up gardens and other green spaces in Inverness.

ST PAUL, Minn. — If you're the type of person who is obsessed with a healthy green lawn, there's a new nemesis in Minnesota to keep an eye out for. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) says a ...

GRAND CHUTE, Wis. (WLUK) -- A green and gold insect is making an appearance in Northeast Wisconsin, and it has quite an appetite. The Japanese beetle can destroy leaves on hundreds of different types ...

If you’ve been diligent about keeping your lawn watered this summer, it’s probably lush and green right now even if your neighbors’ lawns are brown and shriveled. The problem is that the same lawn ...

Gardeners are being warned about a big rise in "lawn-destroying" chafer grubs. The larvae of chafer beetles are said to be a "lawn's worst nightmare" as they target gardens in Chichester. They feed on ...

Flower chafer beetles, also known as Christmas beetles, are the shape, size and colour of a peanut and are attracted to light at night. AS the weather begins to warm up, you may notice an invasion of ...

Minnesota’s first sighting of an invasive European chafer beetle was recently reported by a South Minneapolis resident after noticing large swarms of beetles in the homeowner’s yard. Officials with ...