FRANKLIN — The town on Saturday will celebrate the 50th anniversary of a second-grade teacher and her students persuading the state to adopt the ladybug as the official insect of Massachusetts. The ...

It’s easy to confuse ladybugs with Asian lady beetles. Both have bright, colorful shells with black spots. Both help to brighten up your garden. And regardless of which one you encounter, you should ...

There’d been a big rain, the kind of rain Californians have been desperate for. But as I drove through Fruitvale, my mental compass set on Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park in the Oakland Hills, I was ...