Q: It has been an amazing spring for bird species in my birdbaths and feeders. Among the unexpected species are rufous ...

Three University of Minnesota students from the Carlson School of Management developed a new bug repellent, called Alure, ...

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Recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies estimate that about 476,000 Americans may be diagnosed with Lyme ...

Native fruit trees such as persimmon, wild plum, pawpaw and chokecherries can look good and produce nourishment for humans ...

Support our vendetta against deer ticks and Lyme disease by not ... but it’s not as easy to see how much repellent is in there. Off Defense Insect Repellent 1 With Picaridin is available in ...

As temperatures warm in southeast Wisconsin, Racine-area residents will want to take steps to protect themselves from tick ...

A single deer can eat up to ten pounds of vegetation every day, and lush yards and gardens are easy pickings. Here's how to ...

Shrubs to try include dogwood, Meadowlark forsythia, lilac, juniper and viburnum. Mugo pine was on the list, but your deer apparently didn’t read the list. Fencing works where practical. Because deer ...

Because deer are herbivores, repellents made of animal byproducts ... not having “hardened off” sufficiently. Cold injury can occur in mid-winter when temperatures drop sharply at sunset ...

"Use insect repellent (for example DEET) and regularly check clothing or exposed skin so that you can spot any crawling ticks and brush them off. After spending time outside, it’s very important ...