That experience proved invaluable on a Chronicle assignment involving a missing juvenile ball python at a local EaDo ...

Daniel Boone Native Gardens recently installed a new rain garden funded by a B.W. Wells Stewardship award of $2,428 from the ...

It may not look like ideal weather for outdoor seed sowing, but it is the right time to plant seeds of native perennials like swamp milkweed, cutleaf coneflowers, and black-eyed Susans. There are many ...

There is good news about the monarch butterfly migration this year. It looks like the number of butterflies that made it to their overwintering grounds in Mexico has nearly doubled compared to last ...

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 ...

Not including animals like the bald eagle or Eastern bluebird, the monarch butterflies have garnered much interest in people. This beautiful insect with a 3½-inch to 4-inch wingspan has seen its ...

Q: My milkweed has orange bugs on its seed pods. Are they harmful? No, they’re not going to damage the plant enough to warrant intervention. These are native insects, and they are part of the ...

As their name suggests, many milkweed species produce a milky-white substance that can be seen if their stem is broken. Milkweed flowers are often fragrant and produce nectar for a wide array of ...

LITTLE ROCK — A pollinator admired for its beauty and migratory endurance, monarch butterflies are being proposed for addition as an endangered species. Some in Arkansas are supporting these highly ...

Some plants win your heart through their beauty, others through their ease of cultivation, and still others through their ability to attract birds, bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. But ...

Hello, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. My swamp milkweed was delicious fare late last summer when the monarch butterflies came through and laid their eggs on it. Those ...