Ready to give up backyard composting because it's too difficult? It may surprise you to learn that prolific (and kind-of-cute ...

What is Pi Day? Pi Day is observed on March 14 because the month and day format we use has the first three digits for the value of Pi (π), 3.14. It was officially designated by Congress in 2009 (yes, ...

The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: “raining flies.” A biological control program is using sterile flies and fly eggs to fight flesh-eating maggots. The ...

The federal government is planning to breed millions of flies and dump them over Mexico and Texas via airplanes in an effort to combat a flesh-eating maggot. The pest being targeted is the ...