Following a bad year for butterflies in 2024, it’s more important than ever to take part in this year’s Big Butterfly Count.

Plenty of summer-blooming perennials enhance the visual appeal of a yard while emitting pleasant aromas. Think yellow ...

Discover the question mark butterfly as it emerges in forests, showcasing vivid colors, unique camouflage and a seasonal life ...

Four rare species have fluttered into view during my continuing quest to photograph the endangered Mount Charleston blue ...

Maureen Dime’s magical garden in Del Mar has become a welcome spot for hundreds of monarch butterflies. Over the last 13 ...

When selecting plants for an outdoor space, it’s easy to let your eyes do the picking. While pots of bold, colorful flowers ...

Kids from Girls Inc., Precious Jewels Academy Learning Centers, and Star Lab had the chance to get their hands dirty as they ...

It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It ...

Also, buckwheat produces small, pinkish-white flowers that feed local butterflies. “They have smaller flowers so butterflies with tiny proboscides can reach the nectar,” she said.

Unplugged White is a Salvia farinacea, native to Texas, Oklahoma and Mexico, and thus hardy in zones 7b-10. (The common name ‘mealycup sage’ needs a PR firm, but it is, however, worth every ...

The absence of butterflies in 2024 has been devastatingly obvious, even in the most important, flower-rich areas in Ireland. And despite knowing that conservation works, the outlook for our ...