Some plants have evolved fascinating ways to supplement their nutrient intake by trapping and digesting insects. These carnivorous plants have developed specialised mechanisms to capture prey, ...

One common first aid item can easily kill any insect that has made your garden plants or houseplants their home - and it ...

Go out into any garden, park or forest and you will be surrounded by a silent cacophony of conversations. Conversations between plants. The fact that plants can "talk" has been known about for several ...

Watch how a carnivorous trumpet pitcher is growing, eating, and digesting insects in this 4K time-lapse video.

Here we see the pitcher plant Nepenthes macrophylla with animal droppings stuck on the side of its tubular trap. A group of former carnivorous plants have given up catching creepy crawlies and instead ...

World Bog Day was celebrated around the world on July 23. I celebrated by hiking to an Alaskan bog, or muskeg, as they are colloquially known. This particular bog surrounded a small lake that was ...

Insects can wreak havoc on both garden plants and houseplants at any time of year, but one common first aid item could eliminate them in no time.

Insects can cause significant harm to your plants, and if left unchecked, could eventually lead to their demise. But one ...

Recently, we visited with thousands of gardeners and aspiring gardeners at the Central Ohio Home & Garden Show and answered hundreds of different gardening questions. Two topics which seemed to be top ...

Today is the first day of June and is considered to be the first day of summer for some. Spring gardening is always the most enjoyable time of the year to garden. Everything is fresh, new and easy to ...

Q: Many insects are visiting my pollinator garden that look like yellow-orange versions of a firefly. Some of the petals are missing on those flowers. How do I keep them from chewing my plants? A: ...