While the idea of eating worms and insects may make you feel uneasy, research shows a vast array of benefits when integrating these critters into your meals and snacks. In 2013, the United Nations ...

Homegrown blog reader Cyndi Lee asked about a large trail that looked like sawdust falling from her tree. On closer inspection, she saw that the dust was actually tiny pale-yellow worms. Laura Jesse, ...

A HAPPY mealworm and fries, anyone?   Sun columnist Jeremy Clarkson took a bite out of a cricket burger when he launched the ...

These invasive worms are also known as “Jersey wrigglers,” “Alabama jumpers” or “crazy snake worms.” One expert calls them ...

Entomology junior E Inch has had their hands in the dirt since they were five years old. Nowadays, students can find Inch handling arachnids, isopods and insects in the MSU Bug House. And it’s not ...

Scientists have discovered a tiny worm species that infects and kills insects. These worms, called nematodes, could control crop pests in warm, humid places where other beneficial nematodes are ...

Beneficial insects like ladybugs, bees, beetles, dragonflies, spiders, worms, and lacewings play vital roles in gardens. They ...

I received the following email from Doug Brooks, who gardens in Claremont. “For years, I have used some type of yearly insect control product to help protect my fruit trees. The last few years I have ...