In a recent philosophical exchange with my wordsmith friend, Paul Lindholdt, he pondered whether “accident prone” was an appropriate descriptor of me. I think the term suggests a level of ignorance I ...

Firefighters said they encountered an "unusual situation" while extinguishing Tuesday's blaze after finding a hornets' nest ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — As the country prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, two bald eagle chicks have found themselves at the center of an extraordinary rescue mission. One was only days old. The ...

A Good Samaritan exterminator stepped up this week where the NYC Parks Department refused — by killing off a massive hornet’s ...

DNA analysis shows almost a third of what the invasive pests have been feeding their larvae consists of honey bees, making ...

We're a couple of weeks out from the first average frost here in central Wisconsin, and so far we haven't had much evidence that it will happen anytime soon. I ...

Un-bee-lievable. The NYC Parks Department is giving a terrified Queens neighborhood a stinging response over a massive hornets’ nest — telling worried residents to pay out of their own pockets to ...

Your daily Minnesota news roundup starts … NOW. It’s been a good summer if you don’t like mosquitos, but not a great one if you don’t like wasps, who appear to be flourishing. People like Sammy Lett, ...

This season, no matter where you are, you will be able to watch nearly every Charlotte Hornets regular-season game. Just weeks after announcing a TV deal for fans in the Charlotte market, the NBA team ...

Chris Nelson had been stung before, but this was different. This, he said, was like someone had fired a round of BBs into the back of his head. He was mowing the lawn at his hunting outpost in Aitkin ...

If you love to spend time outdoors, then you know how frustrating it can be to find pests in your garden, especially when those pests are dangerous. Hornets are one pest that you really don't want to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wasps. Hornets. And yellow jackets. Oh my. Make that yikes since all three of the stinging insects can be found in Florida. We ...