Meet the roly-poly pill bug, a backyard “bug” that is actually a crustacean cousin of shrimp and crabs living on dry land.

While winter storms don’t hit Houston often, when they do, the impacts can be serious — from frozen pipes and power outages ...

Whether Mother Nature takes out a tree or you have one removed for poor performance, as a safety precaution, or to improve the view, part of it remains, the stump. Big or small, you have some ...

Humid bathroom environments, where ventilation is poor and volatile organic compounds from cleaning products and soaps linger ...

What a gift to be a gardener at this time of year! For most other people, winter just grinds on, with dingy snowdrifts melting into puddles that will freeze into ice slicks. But gardeners don’t ...

Although it's chilly and frosty, January is a great month to get on with pruning certain plants, according to an expert.

Seed pods, leaf mould piles and log piles all provide valuable shelter, so don’t tidy these away till spring, Stoddart ...

Winter is a stressful season for wildlife, but you can help your native animals through even small acts, such as providing ...

Pruning can seem like a complicated task. There's more to it than just picking a tool and cutting a few branches. Let the ...

Gardens frequently have a calming and consistent atmosphere. You plant, you water, and the plants grow where you expect them ...

Abstract: Ground segmentation plays an increasingly important role as a preprocessing module for numerous applications such as Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM), place recognition, and ...

After the leaves have fallen and the trees are bare, it is much easier to see and remove certain invasive plants. Some woody plants and vines are simply too large, too dense, or too unruly to tackle ...