Q. Why did so many pecan trees in my area end up with dead branches and even completely dead trees? We don’t have deep or high-quality soil, but the pecans ...

Milkweed is named for its milky, latex sap containing complex chemicals that are unpalatable to many animals. There is a wide variation in toxin strength depending on milkweed variety. The ...

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Did you know monarch butterflies migrate through Southern Nevada? Now, there might be even more fluttering through the Las Vegas Valley thanks to a conservation initiative stemming ...

Monarch butterfly caterpillars only eat leaves from the milkweed genus, Asclepias spp., so it’s critical for those butterflies that we try to grow as many of these plants as we can. Collecting ...

Dozens of volunteers spent Sunday creating Elysian Park’s first monarch butterfly habitat, planting some 200 milkweed plants. Western monarch populations in California have been dwindling for decades ...

For years, home gardeners have been told to do one thing to save monarch butterflies: plant milkweed, the only plant monarch caterpillars eat. And for years, that’s what Linda Barber Auld, known as ...

PACIFIC GROVE — Longtime residents love to regale Natalie Johnston about the days when they had to sweep piles of western monarch butterflies off their front porches. They tell tales of teeming ...

A member of the Missouri Department of Conservation spotted an animal in Kansas City that’s usually seen 4,000 miles away. . The department said in a social media post that assistant natural history ...

An East Northport teen with a love of monarch butterflies is taking steps to combat the pollinators’ declining population. Abby Taft, a junior at Elwood-John H. Glenn High School, recently spearheaded ...

Tip: Only collect seeds from healthy, pesticide-free plants, and avoid harvesting in protected natural areas unless you have permission. Gently open the pod: Use your fingers to pry open the seam if ...

The Richland Soil and Water Conservation District is collecting milkweed seed pods to help support the declining monarch butterfly population. Milkweed is the only plant monarch butterflies will lay ...