One bird spectacle readily observable in Allegheny County right now comes in the form of 100 purple martins swirling above ...

Nearby, a red-rumped agouti — a South American rodent that looks like a large, long-legged guinea pig — scuttled behind a tree trunk. A few feet away, an Arabian sand cat put its paw inside a log to ...

Plus, expert advice on how to address both issues.Key TakeawaysPests cause visible damage like chewed grass and soil disruption, while diseases show up as discolored or fuzzy patches from ...

On the back end, it looks like a cricket, with cute little fairy wings and a long, cigar-shaped body. Image credit: shutterstock Mole crickets are related to grasshoppers, locusts, and regular ...

Mole crickets are a major pest of lawns and gardens. Here's what to know about the insects digging up your turfgrass, and how to keep them under control.

If, however, you're finding evidence of mole crickets infesting your lawn, then you may need to act. Signs of mole cricket activity include raised lumps in your lawn and dead or dying brown patches of ...

But the color was harder to explain away. While Northern mole crickets are flat brown in coloration, this little thing was black with reddish knees, and was distinctly glossy. That just seemed wrong.

Field crickets (Gryllinae) are dark brown to black, and can be a bane to gardeners because they eat vegetation and crops.