USDA Zones 2-11. Salvia (Salvia hybrid sp.) The annual form of salvia is a butterfly magnet. Spikes of blue to purple flowers rise above gray-green foliage to about 2 to 3 feet. It's stunning ...

A Gulf fritillary butterfly perches on a flower at the National Butterfly Center ... judge to block government officials from building a border wall on its property. The National Butterfly ...

President Trump's planned border wall would cut the privately ... A Gulf fritillary butterfly perches on a flower at the National Butterfly Center, which is home to several endangered plants ...

A short walk from the butterfly center is a Border Patrol facility. Nearby, a surveillance tower with sensors and cameras rises over the trees. In January, two members of the Guard crashed a truck ...

Editor's note: This story was updated on Dec. 3. On an average day at the National Butterfly Center, a 100-acre wildlife center and botanical garden in South Texas, visitors can see 100 different ...

The National Butterfly Center, in danger of losing access to most of its wildlife nature preserve along the Rio Grande, is asking a court to stop federal officials from building a border wall ...