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It can be mixed with a sugary substance to create a DIY formula to disrupt ants' digestive systems and kill colonies. Vinegar and other essential oils like peppermint and tea tree are natural ...

Carpenter ants often get the blame when a tree dies and thousands of the little scurriers are found running in and out the crime scene. The truth is they didn’t do it. The ants were just taking ...

Baking soda needs to be mixed with an attractant like sugar to be effective at killing ants. Baking soda does not lure or kill ants on its own, entomologists say. Natural ingredients like cinnamon and ...

Q A large branch broke off our maple tree last fall. There was no wind or any cause that we could tell, except that there were carpenter ants all over it. Would the ants have gotten into the whole ...

Fire ants are a nasty nuisance in the Southeast, with painful and irritating bites and stings that can lead to serious health issues in rare cases. The red imported fire ant is an invasive species in ...

A frontal view of an Aphaenogaster mariae worker ant. This ant species had rarely been documented, but N.C. State student Michelle Kirchner collected a colony of the ants from trees in Wake County. A ...

PITTSBURGH — An invasive fungus is wreaking havoc on local oak trees. Oak wilt disease is fast-moving, killing some trees in less than a year. Local experts showed Channel 11′s Lisa Sylvester what to ...

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Dead trees line the Salt Creek and Platte River near Mahoney State Park in June 2025. Horticulturists with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission were stumped when they started seeing significant ...

Natural ingredients like cinnamon and citrus oils can also help deter ants. As the weather warms up, our creepy-crawly friends tend to find their way indoors. In particular, you may notice ants in the ...