The Woodland Park Zoo will be full of activity this weekend, as Saturday marks the return of its seasonal Molbak's Butterfly Garden and the grand opening of the new Microsoft Pollinator Patio. Both ...

For a while, entomologists have been sharing their increasing concerns that the eastern population of the monarch butterfly is decreasing and this year’s statistics so far are no different. “The ...

I want to start a butterfly garden. How do I begin? This was a recent question for the Master Gardener Volunteer Yard Review Team. Normally, the yard review covers the nine Florida-Friendly ...

The human eye is powerfully attracted to bright colors. When you look at a yard, the first thing you will be the colorful flowerbeds. Our eyes are also drawn to motion. When everything else is still, ...

Butterflies are everyone's favorite pollinators. Attracting them to the garden is easy: Grow flowers, and they will come. To a butterfly, your garden is not just a pretty place; it's a habitat, and ...

OCEANSIDEOCEANSIDE — When Myra Esler heard that western monarch butterflies were dying out, she knew she had to do something. To lose the butterflies would be like losing an old friend, and a critical ...

CARLSBAD — At most restaurants, having crawling or flying bugs around your table would be a bad thing. But at Carlsbad’s Seasons Restaurant, a butterfly garden has been planted at the center of its ...