Preying mantises are vulnerable to horsehair worm parasites, which depend on other animals for their lifecycle needs.

On a walk past one of my garden beds after a nice rain, I noticed a hair from a horse’s tail tangled in one of my plants. That wouldn’t be surprising since chipping sparrows had been observed flying ...

A light rain was falling May 9 as I was washing dishes, watching the fragrant flowers of the lilac shrub bounce in the breeze outside our kitchen window. Something atop the pale bubblegum-pink blooms ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...