As a trained entomologist, I learned a lot of fancy names for common ordinary insects. We studied insects' order, family and species name. Most people just call these “bugs.” For example, we learned ...

Winterkill is an easy problem to define but difficult to fully understand. Simply put, winterkill occurs when turf dies during winter. However, understanding the mechanisms that cause winterkill, ...

USDA’s Foreign Ag Service (FAS) says freezing temps in Europe may have damaged wheat and rapeseed crops given the lack of a protective snowcover. Wheat and rapeseed in western Poland and eastern ...

When filled with ice-skaters or a clumsy Bambi on a Christmas card, a frozen pond is a merry sight. But spare a thought for the living things trapped below. The aerial wizardry of dragonflies and ...

It wasn't long ago -- the mid-1990s -- when North Dakota was pulling out of a drought, and parched wetlands were recharged beyond what anyone could have reasonably predicted. At the same time, many ...

It’s going to be c-c-c-cold in the Plains and Midwest this weekend. Kait Parker, meteorologist with The Weather Channel, has already been tracking dangerous wind chills as of Thursday, with more ...

WEST FARGO – Winterkill of fish in lakes, reservoirs, ponds and sloughs is nothing new in North Dakota. In any given year, there’s a potential for winterkill. Just like for pheasants and deer in North ...

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Game and Fish Department biologists investigated winterkills at 13 lakes this spring, and some are considered significant enough to affect the quality of fishing.

When it comes to violence and death, nature is not G-rated by any stretch of the imagination. If you've spent time outdoors, you understand that a red fox will efficiently kill plenty of hen ducks ...