One of the most widely recognized butterflies in North America, the monarch, is disappearing fast. Most of that decline is blamed on changing land use, but property owners can help shore up the ...

Hammered by habitat loss and synthetic insecticides, the eagle, the abiding symbol of American strength and freedom, had all but vanished from our landscapes. From backyard birders to federal agencies ...

1:10 p.m. Oct. 30, 2023: An earlier version of this article stated that the California Bumble Bee Atlas project is a Xerces-supported group in Riverside. The project, based in Riverside, is run by the ...

The Richland Soil and Water Conservation District is collecting milkweed seed pods to help support the declining monarch butterfly population. Milkweed is the only plant monarch butterflies will lay ...

If you’re driving along the highway in Florida sometime soon, you may find the roadside dotted with the blooms of thousands of flowers. But they aren’t just eye candy. These flowers are intended to ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! I hope everyone survived the brutal heat wave last week. More normal temperatures have dominated this last week of June. Now we just need some rain!

Oliver Hernandez poses with a common milkweed plant in his front yard in 2020. A tiny, young monarch caterpillar and even tinier monarch eggs are visible on the underside of a leaf. Oliver Hernandez’s ...

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AMES, Iowa — Enhancing the monarch butterfly’s habitat in rural and urban Iowa is the goal of a new, broad-based statewide effort. The Iowa Monarch Conservation Consortium, established through the ...

As millions of monarch butterflies make their way from Canada to Mexico this fall, you’ll have the chance to see some of these spectacular insects along the Alabama coast. Several groups in Baldwin ...

Prostrate milkweed is now an endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Monday. Never heard of it? Can't blame you. Prostrate milkweed, asclepias prostrata, is a rare plant that ...

If you've always wanted to curate your own monarch butterfly garden but have been unsure of where to start or how to snag supplies without breaking the bank, we've got some good news for you. You ...