The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation recently announced $4.1 million in grants to conserve monarch butterflies and other insect pollinators in 15 states. The grants will leverage $6.6 million in ...

As we pass through the middle of April, we are entering the most popular planting season of the year. I said "most popular" because you can plant trees and shrubs at any time of the year. The only ...

Q: I have heard that planting a butterfly bush is the best to attract butterflies. Is this true or are there better choices for attracting butterflies and other pollinators to my yard? It is true that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have noticed fewer monarch butterflies fluttering around the yard this summer, you're not alone. Several butterfly ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- Butterflies aren’t just beautiful, they’re essential to our ecosystem and our food supply. New data reveals the U.S. butterfly population has plunged by 22% in ...

I always delight in seeing monarchs, those orange-and-black beauties dipping and swooping through the year. But this year, I got to observe their magic up close. A few weeks ago, I noticed a small ...

It's almost spring! And March 12 is National Plant a Flower Day, the perfect day to bask in the sunlight and plant flowers that will help pollinators like the endangered eastern monarch butterfly. The ...

Monarch butterflies and other native pollinators are experiencing steep population declines driven by pesticide and herbicide ...

Trudy Hartis is a retired school teacher and a master gardener who is fond of butterflies, especially monarch butterflies. “Today, I’m doing a butterfly demonstration. I’m trying to encourage people ...

Butterflies aren’t just beautiful — they’re out there working hard, pollinating as they flit from flower to flower. In fact, butterflies are the second-largest group of pollinators, after bees.

A new Colorado law aims to protect pollinators, a critical component of the state's ecosystems and agriculture. The legislation reclassifies pollinators such as bees and butterflies as wildlife, which ...

The common buckeye Glenn’s Creek Greenway at UNC Asheville, near the intersection of WT Weaver Boulevard and Barnard Avenue ...