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A filter with coffee grounds.

Home

Leftover coffee grounds could help curb ants without traps, bait, or chemicals

A wasp nest attached to a stack of binders.

Outdoors

Giant wasp nest takes over England nature reserve office, sending manager home until autumn

A person holds a yellow sticky trap in a garden with vegetables in the background.

Home

Flea beetles defy dormant period, and keep devouring kale despite home fixes

A spider holds a captured insect surrounded by a dark, textured background.

Tech

Ogre-faced spider in Cameroon captured in close-up video wraps fresh prey in eerie detail

A hand reaches toward a baby opossum on a light carpet near a wooden decorative surface.

Home

Baby opossum breaks into home, spends days loose inside before homeowner finally catches it

A woman sitting in a garden.

Home

Gardener calls out the common threats that wiped out 4 beds of crops

Bats hanging from the rafters.

Home

Hidden bat infestation leaves Washington homebuyers facing up to $200,000 in repairs

A brown spider with long legs on a light-colored surface.

Home

Brown recluse season is peaking in Tennessee, and experts say they may already be indoors

A person sits in front of leafy plants, alongside a close-up of an infested green plant with aphids.

Home

'Worked like magic': Gardener shares natural ways to stop aphids before they destroy your crops

A close-up of a damaged plant stem with brown, decaying material and surrounding green leaves.

Home

Illinois gardener's giant zucchini hid what one called the 'worst case' of squash vine borer

A tick.

Tech

North Carolina tick study finds Lyme bacteria in nearly 40% of adult deer ticks

A spotted lanternfly.

Outdoors

Backyard battles with spotted lanternflies turn into a near-daily stomp in New York