Two of the peskiest are ants and ticks. Dr. Jody Gangloff-Kaufman, coordinator of the Community IPM (integrated pest management) Program at New York State IPM, recently did a presentation on “Dealing ...

Are you going for a hike? Don’t forget your bottle of ant musk. A new scientific study suggests that some species of ticks—those Lyme Disease-spreading creepy crawlies—are scared off by pheromones ...

Fire ants are a notorious pest in Louisiana, with their painful stings and sometimes severe reactions for those allergic to their venom. But researchers at the University of Virginia have discovered ...

Scott and I recently returned to an earlier habit of taking Rosie for morning walks up to the top of Flintstone Road and back. We picked up a few things on a Thursday morning journey. First was an ...