Arctic kiwi and wild grapes are safe for us and birds. Others, like Virginia creeper, American bittersweet, and American ...

Like the males of many animal species, male Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies, a commonly studied lab animal, are ...

Q: Last year, we grew a nice vegetable garden that ended up feeding all of the local critters. I don’t mind sharing, but the ...

Once promoted by the government as the perfect ornamental landscape tree, Bradford pears are now seen as a dangerous scourge ...

EXCERPT: Drape netting controls codling moth, but it can trigger an outbreak of aphids if their predators are also blocked by ...

Send events for this calendar to homes@dailyherald.com with “calendar listing” in the subject line. Deadline is two weeks prior to the event. Upcoming Rolling Meadows Garden Club: 6 ...

A restaurant is opening their doors to a community in need.O'Neals Smokehouse in Cassopolis will provide free meals to anyone impacted by Friday's tornado that The "Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins" ...

A hidden camera set among the trees quietly captured a small bird perched on a branch as it sang into the calm forest air. With soft light filtering through the leaves, the bird pauses and delivers a ...

Abstract: Robotic blimps, as lighter-than-air aerial platforms, offer extended operational duration and enhanced safety in human–robot interactions due to their buoyant lift. However, achieving robust ...

Graduate students Huanglun Zhu and Kiran Weston set up a 3D printed model of a hawk wing for testing in the UC Davis wind tunnel. Based on motion capture imaging at Oxford University, the wind tunnel ...

A bird-friendly spring yard works best when it stays clean, keeps glass visible, limits crowding, and favors native cover, yearly.