You may be familiar with the mothball’s pungent odor, but did you know that the reason they produce such a memorable scent ...

Spraying harsh chemicals is an option, but there are natural ways to repel garden pests. Here are some plants that do double ...

Spiders detest citrus, so using lemon-scented cleaners will help to repel them. Maintaining a clean home will also discourage them. Regularly dust and vacuum under furniture and behind kitchen ...

That being said, we all want to keep our homes pest-free, which is why it’s important to know how to get rid of spiders one way or another. But before we tell you exactly how to do that ...

Yes, spiders do sleep (or at least enter a sleep-like state that's very similar to our form of slumber). Much like us, spiders need a deep rest state to keep their brains functioning and their ...

IT'S that time of the year where your house is likely inundated with spiders. A simple trick can help to repel the pests from your home this autumn. In his viral video, TikTok user Bo (@ ...

The product is both a repellent and a moth killer spray, destroying not only adult clothes moths, their eggs, and larvae, but ...

How do spiders make such intricate webs? Don’t get too tangled up about it. In this one-minute video, our Ask Smithsonian host, Eric Schulze, weaves his way to the answer. Ask Smithsonian ...

But spiders could also have a more foreboding meaning when they appear in dreams. If you felt afraid, you may want to reflect on what you fear. Do you feel trapped? Are stuck in a web of ...

Not only will the item help you fall asleep quicker, but it can also be used as a spider repellent as the weather turns colder. The sight of a spider crawling across your floor or wall this winter ...

and scientists said they don’t know what kind of damage they will do. The good news is that Joro spiders don’t pose a threat to humans or household pets, Skvarla said. “They’re not very ...