Butterflies are one of our most popular insects. They are excellent pollinators of a wide variety of plants and also serve as a food source for many birds.

Butterflies aren’t the only ones that can benefit from butterfly gardens. Honeybees, which are native to Europe and introduced to the United States, are also important pollinators for home gardens.

Love coneflowers but want to diversify your offerings for pollinators? Two herbs will brighten the yard and extend the ...

Teaching the community about the importance of pollination and nature was the goal of the 8th annual Cambria Bee, Butterfly & Bat Faire on Sunday. People from all over the Central Coast traveled to ...

(Beyond Pesticides, September 5, 2017) The bog copper butterfly (Lycaena epixante) is a member of the second largest family of butterflies, Lycaenidae, which includes over 4,700 species worldwide.

Inspired Brilliance.” Guests at the Tampa International Airport gala can come as their favorite invertebrate for the Best ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Monarch butterflies will soon start their ...

Butterflies are being hit hardest by urban growth. Shrinking habitats and food availability are causing their populations to decline. The same applies to many wild bees that fly early in spring.

The White House’s pollination project, which will cover 200 miles from northern Minnesota to Texas with native plants to help monarch butterflies, will include large parts of Kansas. Dave Williams ...

As air pollution worsens, fruits, flowers and the creatures that pollinate them could pay a price. That's the takeaway from British researchers who used special equipment to control levels of two ...