Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. With Halloween and Thanksgiving behind us, many people have shifted into winter holiday mode, triggering the annual spike in sales ...

ROANOKE, Va. – It’s not the holiday surprise you want to find: Praying mantis egg sacs could be lurking in your real Christmas tree or wreath. Sweet Providence tree lot worker Robby Lisenby said he is ...

Always examine Christmas trees before you buy them, or you could be in for one of the grossest experiences of your life. If you already have one, time to become Sherlock Holmes with your tree so you ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That lump you see on the Christmas tree's branches might not be a pinecone. "O Christmas tree clumps, O Christmas tree clumps, ...

Gifts are great, but the last thing you need under your tree on Christmas morning are hundreds of baby praying mantises. Families across the country have been sharing their stories of praying mantis ...

Then, share your own stories in the comments section below! Is it a pine cone — or bugs about to hatch? Every year around this time, people share social media posts warning about "walnut-sized" brown ...

To us, a Christmas tree is a decoration. But to many insects and small critters, it’s a habitat. And when you bring that habitat inside your home, you might be in for a surprise. Andrea Coward and her ...

A: I spotted this picture shared in the Creative Gardening Facebook group, and the majority of respondents correctly identified it as a praying mantis sac, or ootheca. Recently I had ‘Christmas tree ...