It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's the season for outdoor hobbies, and as gardeners prepare their grounds for the seasonal harvest, they should remember to grow ...

Did you know that caterpillars come from butterfly eggs? See pictures of butterflies laying eggs on their host plants.

Butterflies (Papilionoidea) come in a remarkable variety of colors and patterns, from the orange majesty of the monarch to the lustrous red and blue of the peacock butterfly, but all butterflies ...

A 12-year-old girl is helping monarch butterflies by raising them and planting a specialized garden. Monarch butterflies were listed as threatened in 2024 due to habitat loss and pesticide use.

DEAR JOAN: I am so confused about milkweed plants. A few years ago I read that the non-native plants, which we may have, are safe for monarchs if you prune way back well before spring starts, like ...

BOZEMAN – From 2003 to 2019, amateur butterfly enthusiast Harlan Radcliff spent his lunch breaks observing butterflies on the grounds of the Camp Dodge military installation in central Iowa. Over ...