The monarch butterfly is widely recognized and widely dispersed across North America and it's in trouble. Federal officials ...

people with allergies have to find a happy medium to get plants for butterflies to help grow without it becoming a source of ...

A migration journey of a thousand miles (or more) starts with lots of monarch butterfly flowers. Grow these nectar flowers ...

Summer is peak butterfly season, but this year many noticed not as many as usual — and that’s due to a decline that’s been in ...

So, to minimize those reasons to prune, select plants of an appropriate size. Other reasons to prune would be to shape up a ...

Discover what keystone plants are and what role they play in our ecosystems. Learn which plants are considered keystones an ...

Trillions of insects move around the globe each year. Scientists are working on new ways to map those long-distance journeys.

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After 2021 home purchase, Whittier woman immerses herself in transforming turf into living canvas, one that draws neighbors’ ...

On November 6, a group of volunteers joined Kootenay Native Plant Society (KNPS) to put almost 150 plants in the ground to ...

Having an urban oasis for wildlife and native plants isn’t always a cakewalk. Along with butterflies and beautiful wildflowers, there are quite naturally some other residents and visitors to contend ...

When Alicia Wistrand and her husband moved into their house in Livermore in 2017, she didn’t realize she had a nascent butterfly sanctuary on her hands. She was ...