In a previous column, I mentioned last fall’s annual count of California monarch butterflies was only 12,260. This contrasts ...

Habitat loss, pesticides and disease have made those encounters increasingly rare. Local entomologists and residents are ...

Monarch butterflies have just five to seven weeks to accomplish something no single generation can finish alone, and by ...

From sago palms to milkweed, there are toxic plants all around us. But they're not all monsters. Here's how to live with them safely.

We gardeners understand the concept of separating. We routinely separate insects in our garden into “good” and “bad” columns.

During World War II, children collected milkweed pods so the plant's buoyant seed floss could be used in military life ...

Learn which monarch butterfly predators and parasites pose a real threat to their survival, and which are part of the natural ...

Michael Burry said Tuesday he has placed a bearish wager against Caterpillar, believing the construction-equipment maker has become one of the market's most overvalued beneficiaries of the artificial ...

Saskatchewan's largest butterfly has returned to the southwest for the summer to rear the next generation, which will go through several stages of development before migrating in a few months. The ...

Every autumn, millions of monarch butterflies set off on a 4,800-kilometre journey to Mexico. But the forests and wildflower corridors that sustain them are changing rapidly – and the migration may be ...

In last week's article I promised to tell you about a war that has been raging in nature since the beginning of time. This battle has endured and still rages on in every forest, meadow and planted ...

A summer program called "Monarch Mondays with Michele" is being held at the Bedford Branch Library in Temperance. The program, led by a retired master gardener, aims to educate children and adults ...