Milkweed can grow in a wide variety of environments from roadsides and abandoned lots to the edge of fields, meadows, and ...

But in an era of intense scrutiny and increasingly lean resources, utilities are challenged with how to successfully balance ...

A third of the food grown worldwide depends on insects and other animals for pollination, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ...

The simple hack is this: deadheading your flowers. The logic is simple – deadheading your blooms prolongs the flowering of ...

As I crisscross the county this summer to share environmental experiences with students, I can’t help but notice all of the ...

Every month for two years, Erickson walked through 15 three-mile routes to count milkweed, caterpillars, and monarch butterflies in urban gardens on the East Bay.

The native grasses provide shelter for insects, including caterpillars, while lilac verbena produces beautiful purple blooms nearly year-round, offering vital nectar for pollinators.

Monarch Butterfly on Milkweed. Image via Unsplash The Monarch butterfly’s existence is inextricably linked to milkweed plants (Asclepias species), forming one of nature’s most specialized plant-insect ...

Environmentalists say there is a direct link between their reduced numbers and a decline in milkweed. “As a caterpillar, the Monarch is distinctively white, yellow, and black-banded.

Environmentalists say there is a direct link between their reduced numbers and a decline in milkweed. "As a caterpillar, the Monarch is distinctively white, yellow, and black-banded. It transforms ...

Anyone really selfish enough to want butterflies and baby birds without tolerating caterpillars? Many gardeners plant fennel, milkweed and other host plants specifically for larvae of monarchs, ...

HORN LAKE, Miss. (WMC) - Horn Lake Animal Shelter is moving into a new home just a half a mile down the street from the old building. Glenn Andrews, the director of the animal shelter, said they are ...