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A cat licking catnip.

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Catnip does more than thrill cats; it can help cucumbers fend off beetles and aphids

A hand holds a damaged green leaf with holes and discoloration.

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Heat-stressed gardens are easier targets as midsummer pests move in

A ladybug on a green stem with small aphids nearby.

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Time-lapse video shows ladybug saving a plant by tearing through aphids

A brightly colored spider with a patterned abdomen sits in its web.

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Giant Joro spiders are spreading north along US east coast, experts say don't kill them

Snakes crawling around an abandoned house.

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Arkansas realtor filmed black rat snakes hanging from a vacant home's porch, one testing the door

Rats in a box.

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In California, man dies of leptospirosis after couple bred wild rats in rat-infested RV

Officers removing a ratsnake from a home.

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Connecticut police answer panic call after ratsnake turns up in family's bathroom

A spotted lanternfly.

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Pennsylvania's Allegheny County leads spotted lanternfly reports again, but many residents are seeing fewer

A cluster of green flowering buds on a leafy plant.

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Gardener warns coneflower sprouts that look like 'tiny alien flowers' are actually serious disease

A yellow-legged hornet on a cluster of blueberries.

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North Carolina homeowner spotted hornets by bird feeder, revealing first yellow-legged hornet foothold

Two rats are exploring fallen leaves near a black metal fence.

Tech

Boston to host second-ever National Urban Rat Summit this fall

Three baby squirrels curled up together in a yellow knitted blanket.

Outdoors

Virginia driver discovered nest of baby squirrels inside engine bay after every dashboard alert lit up