Bug hotels are a great way to attract beneficial insects to your garden. Also known as insect hotels or insect houses, they are structures filled with different kinds of natural materials - dead wood, ...

If you want an all inclusive garden then the latest bug hotel ideas will help ensure that it's packed with flourishing blooms and a thriving vegetable patch by enticing pollinators. Some of us may not ...

When the local government in a small city in Belgium set out to build its newest hotel, it wasn’t hoping to draw in businesspeople or tourists. Instead, its target clientele is insects: beetles, ...

March 31 (UPI) --A Scottish conservation group earned a Guinness World Record by constructing an insect hotel measuring more than 7,000 cubic feet. Conservation group Highland Titles used felled sitka ...

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As a kid, watching insects in my backyard helped me develop a deep curiosity and appreciation for the intricacies of nature. Today, I still love being a voyeur in their world. But the helpful insects ...

Big Ideas for Small Spaces: Creative Ideas and 30 Projects for Balconies, Roof Gardens, Windowsills and Terraces (Firefly Books, 2017), by Kay Maguire and Tony Woods, introduce new and exciting ways ...

Our planet is losing species at rates never before seen in human history. A report from the United Nations says that 1 million animal and plant species are on the verge of extinction, many within ...

Waiting for the bus is usually a drag, but what if the experience could instead become an opportunity to be closer to nature? French design practice Studio NAB has reinterpreted the humble bus stop as ...

TOWAMENCIN — A township park could soon have a new attraction – attractive to the smallest critters that visit. Towamencin’s supervisors have approved an “insect hotel” at Fischer’s Park, after ...