A Grand Strand woman has turned her backyard into a sanctuary for butterflies, earning her the nickname “butterfly whisperer.

Lisa Conrad of Auburn describes herself as someone with a passion for monarch butterfly conservation. A retired school teacher and media specialist, she has been rearing and advocating for monarchs ...

From coastal plains and swamps to rolling hills and the Blue Ridge Mountains, South Carolina’s diverse geography supports a unique array of wildlife. To honor native animals, South Carolina has ...

Because we could run faster than Bobby, my sister and I became his assistants that summer. He taught us to identify by name ...

Every beautiful butterfly was once a caterpillar, and caterpillars have to eat. This may surprise you, but the average caterpillar has a very restrictive diet, feeding on only a few plants, and some ...

The delicate gossamer-winged butterfly gives color and grace to your garden. Besides being beauties, they are good pollinators in our gardens and in the wild. Groups of butterflies are called ...

On a wooded hillside along the banks of the Allegheny River, Gabrielle Marsden brushed up against an oblong leaf: Asimina triloba—the American pawpaw. The deciduous tree bears North America's largest ...

Butterflies are a delight to watch in the garden as they flutter from one flower to another feeding on nectar. They are like airborne flowers as they flash their colorful wings. For the past couple of ...

Kevin Costner’s character Ray in Field of Dreams listened to a mysterious voice repeating, “If you build it, they will come.” Against others’ advice, that farmer sacrificed a cornfield to construct a ...

All those dainty white moths flitting around fields, yards and gardens of the Inland Northwest? They’re not moths but butterflies. And while they lack the showy colors of monarchs, swallowtails and ...

One of the greatest steps in ridding people of a common fear occurred in 1879. That year, inventor Thomas Alva Edison honed his long-running experiments with electric light into a reliable ...