Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A black swallowtail butterfly lands on a plant in a garden. - Darrell Gulin/Getty Images If you want a garden filled with ...

Visitors to my garden are usually surprised to see the number of butterflies sailing around the yard. The butterflies move quickly and are hard to count, but we typically have a couple dozen chasing ...

SEATTLE — Attracting butterflies adds interest to your garden and kids love to watch these beautiful creatures flitting about the plants. The first step is to find a sunny location that is sheltered ...

In 2017 there was an article in FLORIDA TODAY about the Atala butterfly. Atalas were previously thought to be extinct, but were discovered again and have made a resurgence. The atala’s primary host ...

Editor's note: Once a month, the OSU Extension master gardener's office of Franklin County profiles a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. The genus name, Vernonia, is in honor of an English ...

Nectar is the secret sauce for boosting biodiversity and increasing the number of beneficial interactions in the ecosystems around us. Elizabeth has worked since 2010 as a writer and consultant ...

To support the rebuilding of the monarch butterfly population, there are several plants that provide nectar and egg-laying sites. First, I recommended that San Antonio gardeners plant native milkweed ...

Few analogies are as innately felt as the story of the caterpillar transforming into a butterfly, yet we all have this inspiration available to us just outside our doors. You can focus solely on ...