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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...