Native shrubs offer many benefits to the home landscape. Their value to wildlife and general ease of care are becoming better ...

The further south you go, the bigger the bugs. Heat has a dramatic effect on the growth rate of some species, and North ...

Providing beautiful blooms for monarchs not only adds to the beauty of your garden but helps support their population. Here ...

Plus, the Pacific gum plant is a coastal, ground-hugging perennial that displays a blanket of daisies this time of year.

Canna lilies are bold and beautiful landscape plants that are a staple growing in southern home gardens, popularized as easy ...

One of the most eye-catching butterflies flitting about East Texas gardens during summer and fall is the Gulf fritillary.

These large butterflies do not migrate like monarchs. They glide through fields and farmlands and frequent urban landscapes.

One crisp Dec morning in 2000, during a routine visit to the Aralam forests, butterfly experts Jaffer Palot and V C Balakrishnan witnessed a breathtaking sight—an endless stream of Common Albatross ...

Along the southern edge of the United States sits the state of Alabama. While it may be home to over five million people, much of the state is covered by forests (67% of the state’s total area, to be ...

The bright contrast of yellow and black on a spider may make it look very scary, but most do more good than harm. Here's how to identify friends and foes.

Both adults and larvae suffer from extensive predation. They are eaten by spiders, dragonflies, robber flies, and, as you can ...

Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! It has definitely turned into a hot summer. However, we have plenty of moisture ...