Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We have been encouraging our backyard milkweed to grow ever since we moved over five years ago. I have friends who have issues ...

Kay MacNeil, of Frankfort, describes herself as “a seriously deranged lover of caterpillars and butterflies.” As a child, she came down with a terrible rash on her arms. Her family physician ...

Did you know that caterpillars come from butterfly eggs? See pictures of butterflies laying eggs on their host plants.

MINNEAPOLIS — Each year, a coalition of volunteer community scientists and conservation organizations collects migratory monarch butterfly population data as part of their Western Monarch Count ...

Some garden flowers can unintentionally attract wasps, creating unwanted activity outdoors and making your yard less ...

If you are planting milkweed to attract monarch butterflies, you are already ahead of the game. But even the most well-meaning gardeners can make critical mistakes when planting milkweed that may send ...

Milkweed plants purchased at retail nurseries across the United States were contaminated with pesticides harmful to monarch caterpillars that rely on milkweed, a study found. Every plant sampled was ...

In 2020, around Thanksgiving, a total of fewer than 2,000 monarch butterflies were counted at around 250 overwintering sites where they have traditionally been counted in the state of California. A ...

If you see black mold on a milkweed plant, you probably wonder if the plant is diseased or dying. Find out what is causing ...

Ms. Renkl is a contributing Opinion writer who covers flora, fauna, politics and culture in the American South. NASHVILLE — After all my blue false indigo was killed by a late frost, I went down to ...

We have been encouraging our backyard milkweed to grow ever since we moved over five years ago. I have friends who have issues with the aggressive growth of milkweed. We don’t have this problem. We ...