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Every year when spring officially arrives, people spend more time in the great outdoors as the season gears up. Whether you’re looking for help identifying plants along your morning hike or designing ...

Believe it or not, there are quite a few plant & flower identification apps available for Android, and we’re here to check out the best ones. Well, we’ll talk about the ones we think are the best, ...

Plant ID apps have come a long way, particularly with the addition of AI tools. We review some of the most popular and ...

You're in your garden and notice a beautiful, new-to-you flower that has popped up somewhere unexpected — pull it or leave it? Or perhaps an unfamiliar garden pest has ravaged your tomato plants. Or ...

Use Visual LookUp, Google Lens, iNaturalist or social media to quickly identify bugs you spot, whether it’s in your house or outside. Army reveals the real cost of Trump’s birthday parade in ...

Whether you’re like me and my family, who love growing plants, or you want to know what wildflowers are in your yard, if your dog just consumed something that’s headed toward a hefty vet bill, or you ...

In fields across Iowa, unwanted pests are on the prowl year after year, but a new app could help farmers not only detect which pests are in their field, but also give insights on how to treat the ...

Have you ever wondered about the weird-looking bug you found? Insects, spiders, and other “not-so-creepy crawlers” are some of the coolest living things to find while exploring outdoors, whether we ...