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

The late morning is clear and warm during my walk. Previous days gave some rain and clouds, and now we have sunshine filtering through the forest trees as I go on my usual woods route. Crossing the ...

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.

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

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

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 ...

With its ample vegetation and hot, humid temperatures, Alabama is the perfect nesting ground for a wide variety of creatures. Suffice it to say that there are also some pretty big insects lurking in ...

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

We hear a lot these days how people spend too much time with their electronic devices. But for me, as someone who has always ...