A bee searches for pollen on a flower during a sunny spring day in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, April 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) (CN) — Something as innocuous as a streetlight left on all night ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — How far would leaf-eating insects go to dine on their favorite food? Perhaps the other side of the world, according to researchers at Penn State who found insect damage on ...

Light pollution disrupts circadian rhythms and ecosystems worldwide – but for plants, dependent on light for photosynthesis, its effects could be profound. Now scientists writing in Frontiers in Plant ...

Welcome to our tree column, “Ask your local arborist.” Each month, arborists from the Davey Tree Expert Company in Menlo Park discuss a tree-related topic from general care and planting tips to how ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Plants that grow under the glare of artificial lighting like streetlights have tougher leaves that insects find hard to eat, new research has found. This finding suggests that artificial light at ...

While you're more likely to have bug problems with organic lettuce, you need to know how to spot possible insects on any kind ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is hoping to bring down a boom in the gypsy moth population, spraying for the invasive species of caterpillar in 19 counties in south ...

The layered leaves of cabbage may carry dirt, little bugs and even microscopic contaminants. Rinsing under the tap isn’t ...