When it comes to pest nests, you don't want to mess around with misidentification. Some are harmless to people, but others ...

Some bugs can be tricky to tell apart, especially when you don't want to get close! Here's how to distinguish a paper wasp vs ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Wasps aren’t complete villains, though, because they are potential pollinators and can help with insect ...

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Q: I just discovered a big football-shaped wasp nest attached to the back of my house. It is about 10 feet off the ground, attached to the bottom of a small protruding roof. I swear it was not there ...

The weather is cooling off a bit, making it more comfortable for landscape chores like weeding. Taking advantage of the weather, I was playing catch-up in several sections of my landscape. Keeping a ...

After 40 years in the RV park business, Teri Blaschki has learned to live with and even love paper wasps, stings and all. “I’ve been stung by them many, many times. It’s just what they do,” said ...

After 40 years in the RV park business, Teri Blaschki has learned to live with and even love paper wasps, stings and all. “I’ve been stung by them many, many times. It’s just what they do,” said ...

On a muggy spring night in 2016, the chemist Bernd Schöllhorn was tromping alone through a forest in northern Vietnam. Into the inky darkness, he raised a black light—and saw an extraordinarily bright ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Some creatures get VIP invitations to our backyards—you may plant a garden to attract butterflies or ...