New research reveals how the invasive fall armyworm uses a combination of the Earth's magnetic field and visual cues to navigate during night-time migration.

Portland, Maine — Leaf-peeping season has arrived in the Northeast and beyond, but weeks of drought have dulled this year's autumn colors and sent leaves fluttering to the ground earlier than usual.

An enemy may have invaded your beautiful, green lawn, leaving it ugly and brown. A wave of fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda) marches through the South every year from the tropical regions around ...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has intensified efforts to help Bungoma farmers combat the devastating Fall Armyworm (FAW). This is a destructive pest that has ...

Fall is a time to clean up yards and gardens to help reduce overwintering diseases and insects. It’s also the time to leave yards and gardens messy over winter to protect overwintering pollinators and ...

Perennial weeds are plants whose roots or other underground structures (e.g. rhizomes, stolons, tubers) survive from year to year to regrow the next. Broadleaf weeds are plants other than grasses or ...

New research shows that fall in North Carolina is growing hotter, part of a broader national warming trend fueled by climate change. Since 1970, the Triangle’s autumns have warmed by roughly 3 degrees ...

The autumnal equinox arrives on Monday, September 22, 2025, at 2:19 P.M. EDT, bringing with it the end of summer, the beginning of fall and the onset of Libra season. Astronomically, an equinox occurs ...

The first day of fall is finally here, and while it still might be a little warm, pumpkin spice lattes and Halloween decorations are sure to give everyone that fall feeling. While many consider the ...

Pumpkin spice, cooler nights, football weekends and clock changes: fall is on the horizon. But the official start of autumn isn’t about lattes or leaf piles. It comes down to astronomy. When does fall ...

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The autumn equinox marks the end of summer and the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere. In 2025, the first day of fall will be Monday, Sept. 22. During the equinox, the sun crosses directly ...