Many people confuse slime molds for a fungus, but it technically isn’t one. Slime molds have two distinct life phases: during the first stage, the slime mold looks like a slimy lump of protoplasm.

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Learn to identify common culprits damaging your plants. Discover what insects could be eating your plants and how to stop it.

Five things to do in the garden: Fruit. Longan (Dimocarpus longan) is related to lychee. While the peel of lychee is pinkish-red and bumpy, that of the longan is brown and smooth.

Aspergillus flavus is a toxic crop fungus that has been linked to deaths in the excavation of ancient tombs. It was recently used in a test against leukemia cells and resulted in those cells being ...

Thane, meanwhile, is placed under an orange alert for June 15 and a yellow alert for June 16. "Most areas in South Konkan–Goa received rain on June 13.

The commonly planted Natchez crape myrtle is known for the cinnamon brown inner bark that is revealed when the outer bark ...

Mold often develops on jams and jellies that have been subjected to open kettle canning. If mold is visible, even just a small amount on the top layer of product, the entire jar should be discarded.

Each year, June's full moon treads a predictably low path across the spring sky due to its close proximity to the summer solstice — the time of the year when the sun is at its highest. This year ...

Butternut squash is an orange-fleshed winter squash that ... A 2016 study in 2,445 people demonstrated that heart disease risk fell by 23% for every additional daily serving of yellow-orange ...