An initiative through a Durham church invites residents to plant local native milkweed throughout the community.

Bumble bees and butterflies are in trouble. They’re declining in part because there are fewer places where they can find food and shelter. There is widespread concern about what this will mean for the ...

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TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) - The Native Prairie Project, which attracted pollinators like monarch butterflies, is no longer outside an Ohio zoo because it has been mowed down. Toledo Deputy Mayor ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — June 16 kicks off National Pollinator Week and the Tennessee Department of Transportation wants to help restore and preserve habitats of Monarch butterflies and other pollinators.

When Lorraine Kells first came upon two sprawling Chicago Park District flower beds near Diversey Harbor, she saw weeds and cigarette butts. But eight years later, a dazzling array of wildflowers ...

Monarch butterfly numbers are dwindling and have been for decades. According to the Tennessee Department of Transportation, the pollinator's population and sole source of food and habitat, milkweed, ...

As reported last week, zizotes, showy, antelope horn, green and butterfly weed native milkweeds all germinated well in the spring when seeded in containers. Unlike tropical milkweed, none of the ...

The goal of the Native Milkweed Project in San Antonio is to figure out which of six native milkweed species is the easiest to grow, what are the most successful growing techniques, and which is the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Lorraine Kells first came upon these two sprawling Chicago Park District flower beds near Diversey Harbor, she saw weeds and ...