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A tabby cat with striking green eyes.

Home

Homesteaders shared their unofficial 'farm staff,' and the free pest control got wild

A hand holding a spray bottle above a leaf with pests.

Home

Gardener mixed a soap spray for squash bugs, then a trap plant did the rest

A hammerhead flatworm.

Tech

Virginia entomologist lifts flower pot, 'freaks out' over hammerhead worm that multiplies when cut

Wild hogs trapped in a cage.

Outdoors

Florida hog trapper pulls 5 invasive hogs from one yard, then another from a tree farm

An ant in a glass container.

Tech

Singapore homeowner finds 1-3/8" ant in house, and it's one of the world's biggest

An emerald ash borer beetle with a fungal infection.

Tech

Minnesota turns to native fungi to kill emerald ash borer in marshes too remote to treat

An IV drip and medical device monitoring a patient in a bed.

Tech

CDC issues warning after West Nile cases hit 48 by June, with Arizona far ahead of every other state

A planter with half-eaten plants.

Home

First-time New York gardener wakes to a grow-bag wipeout, then commenters point to deer

A wild black hog foraging through tall grass in a natural setting.

Business

Arkansas clears path for warfarin feral hog bait, but it's not approved for use yet

A spider creating a web.

Home

Kansas family shared home with 2,055 brown recluse spiders, and no one was bitten

A power strip covered in small ants on a carpeted surface.

Home

TV dies, and a surge protector swarmed with ants hints at a much bigger problem

A person touching a caterpillar with white pupae on its back.

Home

Gardener fears 'eggs' on tomato hornworm, then learns parasitic wasps are free pest control