Butterfly gardens are all the rage right now in the gardening world, and there’s a good reason for it. Beyond attracting ...

Creating a monarch-friendly garden is one of the best ways that Oklahomans can help butterflies on their migration. Experts say native plants, milkweed, and proper planning make all the difference.

It’s a growing trend around the country. Front yards that were once lawns are now becoming flowering native plants meadows. I visited John Esposito, a gardener in Huntington who changed his front yard ...

ESCANABA, MI – This monarch butterfly hotspot could attract even more pollinators in the future. A long-term pollinator habitat restoration project is underway at Peninsula Point, the southern tip of ...

CHICAGO -- On a quiet street in Wilmette, Illinois, native plants bloom in broad sweeps and bright bursts, bringing color and life to what was once an ordinary strip of lawn separating the sidewalk ...

There’s nothing more delightful than waking up to a chorus of birdsong emanating from the garden every morning — unless it’s the wonderful serenade provided at dusk by the same songsters. We’ve lost 3 ...

The Master Gardeners will host a butterfly program at the Champaign County Library in Urbana on April 20 at 6 p.m. after ...

Shervin Hess / Oregon Zoo Conservationists from the Oregon Zoo and its partners released 483 Oregon silverspot butterfly larvae in the coast range last week, marking the final group of the season in ...

Plant it and they will come. Believe it or not, it really is that simple when it comes to butterfly host plants. Scatter dill seeds among your lovely pink cosmos, and soon you’ll see swallowtails.