To improve conditions, park staff have increased plantations of nectar-rich and host plants like curry leaves and lemon trees.

You know spices are useful for cooking, but some you can also grow herbs for the butterfly garden to attract pollinators.

Butterfly gardens are a great source of enjoyment. It can be a perfect opportunity to work with children or grandchildren and ...

Clad in all kinds of ornate and beautiful colors, the butterfly is a winged insect that flies from flower to flower, consuming the rich, sugary nectar inside. There are nearly 20,000 species of ...

As U.S. butterfly populations face declines, the John Ball Zoo has launched a program to save these insects in a race against extinction.

San Antonio classes teach gardeners to grow native milkweed, supporting monarch butterfly migration and population health.

It's been another year of both discouraging and rewarding results. Here are some lessons I've learned, especially when it ...

Hoverflies can carry pollen over greater distances than bees and pollinate many plants that grow in your garden or yard. Look ...

How a career on Broadway led to 'Butterflies of the Bay Area and (Slightly) Beyond,' a comprehensive field guide for the ...

When you picture a flower and a pollinator, the odds are you’re imagining a colorful, perfumed flower, and a honeybee. Perhaps, if you’re feeling adventurous, a butterfly or a hummingbird. That’s a ...

Author of the 2006 regional best-selling novel "Time in a Garden," Mary Agria is an 8-time first prize winner of the Michigan ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the use of a new blue color additive from the gardenia fruit the ...