New York State has many bat species in its towns and cities. Bats pose a health risk to New York residents, and they can cause a great deal of damage to your home if they decide to stick around. Here are the common problems with bats in Albany, and...

Have you ever been out walking in the woods, perhaps with your children, and heard a rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat in the distance, and found that it was a woodpecker tapping on a tree? What did you do? Did you stop and watch it? Did your kids get excited?...

Carpenter ants are a huge problem in many states around the country, as they burrow their way through the wood of homes wreaking havoc anywhere there is a wood supply. The stability of the structure of a home is at risk for bending and bowing, or...

For several decades bed bugs were almost unheard of. Now, they're making a comeback and there are reports of bed bugs in hotels, apartment complexes, college dorms, office buildings, furniture stores, movie theaters, on public transportation – and...

We often hear about friends and neighbors who enjoy a good cup of coffee on a Sunday morning while they watch a family of squirrels chase each other around the backyard, or we muse over countless stories about the raccoon trying to get into bird...

We all know that termites and carpenter ants are destructive pests, but few people know how much damage these insects are capable of or how they go about damaging man-made structures. So, in the spirit of spring, the time of year where we are most...