Most lawn damage is caused by inadequate irrigation, dog urine, mowing too short, excessive pesticide or fertilizer use.

Arm-of-the-Sea Theater opens its 44th season with Waterfront Wednesdays in Saugerties, followed by the annual Esopus Creek Puppet Suite.

A collection of insects that lived 112 million years ago has been discovered trapped in amber in Ecuador, giving scientists a ...

OLIVEBRIDGE, N.Y. — The Summer Hoot music festival returns to the Ashokan Center on Aug. 28-30. Headline acts include The Mammals, the Big Takeover, Jay Ungar & Molly Mason, The Milk Carton Kids, Tuba ...

The post The Bug That Spins 368 Times a Second When It Jumps appeared first on A-Z Animals. A creature smaller than a grain of rice may be the fastest backflipper on Earth, which is exactly the kind ...

A creature smaller than a grain of rice may be the fastest backflipper on Earth, which is exactly the kind of fact that makes me want to go outside, scoop up a handful of leaf litter, and look a ...

Scientists have documented four previously unknown species of tiny, insect-like springtails in China. Each one is smaller than a grain of rice and lives almost entirely out of sight. Known as ...

You may have noticed some tiny bugs jumping around in all the snow we've had - they are called snow fleas or springtails. They are harmless but are important for conditioning soils. Gale Ridge with ...

WASHINGTON — After the major winter storm, some people stepping outside may have noticed what looks like a dusting of dirt or black pepper scattered across fresh snow. But those tiny specks aren’t ...