Potent herbs like basil, mint, sage and rosemary are great for topping spaghetti or making mojitos, but their scent stops insects like house and fruit flies from coming near.

The goldspotted oak borer has been found in the Simi Valley area. Experts say the invasive beetle can damage and eventually kill oak trees. A tiny beetle has infested dozens of trees in a canyon in ...

According to Tahija, termites can live inside a home for years before homeowners notice them. “People will have termites in their home for years before they even see signs,” h ...

Tiny blue creatures are washing up on Oregon beaches again. Here’s what they are and why researchers think big strandings are more common after warmer winters.

Fraud-conscious Companies House might be making headlines for removing 11,000 companies from the register, including one registered address that, on paper, apparently had 5,000 businesses trading from ...

John Ficklin at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building overlooking the White House on Dec. 30, 2015.Jahi Chikwendiu—The Washington Post/Getty Images I grew up in the White House. Though I never ...

My mother passed away recently after being in and out of the hospital for years. My father and I were never close, and when we did meet, it would be outside the house. But when I went to the house to ...

When it comes to tiny houses, the dimensions are so challenging that any way of expanding living space is a major bonus. The Park embraces this idea by offering a flexible and well-designed interior ...

Bark beetles are dark flying insects about the size of a grain of rice that leave tiny holes in the bark and branches of trees. Their very small grubs feed voraciously on the inner bark of trees that ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. We’re already planning a mountainside retreat By Rylee Johnston Rylee Johnston has spent over a year covering tiny homes at Amazon and ...

Designed with flexibility in mind, the IndigoGo! is a space-saving single-floor tiny house. It's available in a range of sizes and configurations, from ultra-small all the way up to apartment-sized.

WASHINGTON — As the slim House Republican majority hangs on a razor’s edge, lawmakers are getting a stern warning from party leadership: You should be absent only for matters of life and death. That ...