Last summer, I watched bee-looking creatures flying in zigzag formation, each with a separate flight plan. Are those bumblebees? Wasps? Nope, they were hoverflies, also called syrphid flies, drone ...

If you've been growing marigolds with your tomatoes without a second thought, there's a much better option that you should ...

She is a Master Gardener and co-editor of the Gardening Etc. column, part of the University of Arizona's Coconino County ...

However, this week I am homebound, reflecting on the meaning of St. Patrick's Day and the shamrock, the emblem of the day and ...

Air pollution is a widespread issue affecting millions of people around the world, causing disastrous effects. But we humans are not the only ones to suffer from unclean air. In the last decade, a ...

In nature, the quest to survive and spread is essential — and that’s certainly true for flowers. We might see them as vibrant harbingers of spring or precursors to juicy tomatoes, but from the ...

As corn growers are evaluating pollination, more reports of problems resulting from the “overly tight tassel wrap” phenomenon are trickling in from farmers and agronomists, with pictures and ...

Pollination is the biological process by which pollen grains are transferred from the anthers of a flower (or male reproductive structures) to the stigma of a flower (or female receptive structures), ...