What's the trick to ditching synthetic chemicals and fertilizers? Use the power of nature to boost your organic garden's ...

But in an era of intense scrutiny and increasingly lean resources, utilities are challenged with how to successfully balance ...

Q. Why are we still seeing Monarch butterflies in the flower garden? I thought they had all migrated north of Texas already.

A third of the food grown worldwide depends on insects and other animals for pollination, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ...

Maureen Dime’s magical garden in Del Mar has become a welcome spot for hundreds of monarch butterflies. Over the last 13 ...

A wildflower is a flowering plant you can find growing naturally in an environment, without being planted by humans ...

As I crisscross the county this summer to share environmental experiences with students, I can’t help but notice all of the ...

Almost six months after the Eaton Fire first erupted in the canyons above Pasadena, Nina Raj is still planting seeds of hope.

Beetles are fascinating, but there are so many that it is difficult to know where to begin – more than 350,000 species that ...

Raj, 35, was at the Thursday to open a seed library, similar to Little Free Libraries, stocked with packets of seed instead ...

Grubs, the larvae of beetles such as Japanese beetles and June bugs, pose a significant threat to many plants by feeding on their roots while residing in the soil. These pests can wreak havoc on lawns ...

Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant. The leaves of milkweed are the primary food source for monarch caterpillars. The flowers provide ...