Ladybugs (also known as lady beetles) are insects that are good for your yard. Photo courtesy Getty Images. Do you have a gardening question? The UC Master Gardeners of Santa Clara County can help.

You're in your garden and notice a beautiful, new-to-you flower that has popped up somewhere unexpected — pull it or leave it? Or perhaps an unfamiliar garden pest has ravaged your tomato plants. Or ...

Summer means spending as much time as possible outdoors. Whether you have a postage-stamp yard in the city or acreage out in the country, knowing which plants and animals share your world can be a ...

As winter moves towards spring and temperatures start rising, ladybugs that spent the cold months sheltering indoors begin ...

Sign up to receive the Future Tense newsletter every other Saturday. For the first few days, I ignored the teeny bugs crawling around my bathroom window sill at night ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) — If you find a mystery bug on your plant, there’s a way here in Albuquerque to figure out what it is. The Bernalillo County Extension Office offers a bug identification ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you start seeing white spotted bugs with red wings on your travels, kill them. The invasive species knowns as the spotted ...

Invasive plants have detrimental effects on the local ecosystem. They are non-native, spread quickly, and can overtake an area when not kept in check. Many will force out native plants, leading to a ...