While they're generally treated as pests, ants are actually a jack-of-all-trades in your garden. They till your soil, clean ...

Ants are an integral part of the ecological web, interacting with other organisms, and contributing to the overall ...

With the arrival of spring, gardeners face the challenge of dealing with pests that can damage plants. A gardening expert has now shared a simple hack to keep ants at bay ...

Your concerns about butterflies are valid. Any insecticide used against ants and chinch bugs will hit other non-target insects, too. Since lawns are outdoors, we have to expect they’ll have a variety ...

which is a real turn-off for ants and other pests,” explains Matthew Wilson, gardener at Handy Gardeners. He recommends ...

We found that in 71% of cases studied, pesticides kill or harm soil invertebrates like earthworms, ants, beetles and ground-nesting bees. We found negative effects across all studied pesticide classes ...

The researchers compiled data from nearly 400 studies, finding that pesticides harmed beneficial, soil-dwelling invertebrates including earthworms, ants, beetles and ground nesting bees in 71% of ...

The invasive pest has already colonised the United States – now recent flooding is raising fears it will do the same in Australia.

THE state’s peak farming group has welcomed a fresh crackdown on biosecurity controls in the wake of ex-tropical Cyclone Alfred. On Friday NSW Agriculture Minister Tara Moriarty announced measures to ...

A Chinese-foreign research team has discovered that soil invertebrates — such as termites, ants, and earthworms — play a crucial role in enhancing soil fertility, improving soil structure and ...