If you adore growing colorful flowers in pots, there's one hardy perennial you might want to consider because it can attract gorgeous butterflies to your yard.

While green isn’t an unusual color in nature, beautiful green animals are somewhat rare and exotic. Many green-colored animals, such as toads and various insects, have little to distinguish them ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Mid-sized among the fritillaries is the Atlantis fritillary with black on the wing edges, white spots beneath; it is at the ...

Reader George Still kindly shared her photos of the very hairy caterpillar she saw in her kitchen. George explained that she ...

Hello, Mid-Ohio Valley farmers and gardeners! It has definitely turned into a hot summer. However, we have plenty of moisture this year, compared to last year’s drought. Speaking of hot and dry, the ...

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

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Powell Gardens’ beloved summer celebration, Festival of Butterflies, returns next week. From July 17 ...