US butterfly populations are declining because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the ...

About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...

The high-altitude forest here is the perfect microclimate for the species, and it’s one of the few places in the world where ...

Little-understood and vastly underappreciated, insects play an outsize role in supporting life on earth. They pollinate ...

A team of more than 30 researchers analyzed 12.6 million butterfly sightings across 76,000 population surveys. They found ...

"The easy number to think about is the total number of butterflies in your yard. If you had a garden in 2000 and you saw 100 butterflies, you'd see only about 78 in the year 2020," said Collin ...

“You can really make a difference to the local population. Any individual flower you put out it likely to get visited,” said ...

America’s butterflies are disappearing because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the ...

As we move into April and more butterfly species mature and take flight, you can incorporate a variety of early-blooming native plants into the garden to attract them.

And March 12 is National Plant a Flower Day, the perfect day to bask in the sunlight and plant flowers that will help ...

Any individual flower you put out it likely to get visited,” said Nick Dorian, a post-doctoral researcher at the Chicago Botanic Garden who studies butterflies. All it takes is planting a few ...