Animals have some wacky ways of protecting themselves from predators, but one bug's defense mechanism is up there with the most ingenious—and grossest. The European alder spittlebug, a tiny winged ...

Q: Many plants in my perennial bed recently have been covered in a white, foam-like substance in the morning. I also have seen this substance on some creeping junipers and even in the lawn. At first, ...

Those foamy eruptions on garden plants protect a slow and steady sap drinker that is growing into a froghopper. But it has to stick its hind end out to breathe. By James Gorman White foam that looks a ...

Scientists have issued a warning over a substance appearing on plants this summer that could be potentially toxic to your garden. While the warmer weather means many of us are beginning to spend more ...

People are being urged to be on the lookout for a white froth that is appearing in gardens across the UK. Homeowners have been warned the strange substance could appear on their grass or plants due to ...

You may have seen it clumped on plant stems or in a patch of grass and wondered what it is. It looks like a ball of froth, or foam, a bit like someone might have spat on your plants. Now a warning has ...

new video loaded: How the Spittlebug Builds Its Bubbly Fortress transcript Spittlebugs feed on plant sap and then excrete bubbly foam to create a protective fortress around themselves. Later, they ...

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It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out how a spittlebug got its name. Robert Brown sent this photo of a spittlebug nest on a goldenrod stem. The nest that looks like foamy spit, surely is an ...