The fifth Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ principle is attracting wildlife. Though attracting butterflies, birds, and hummingbirds may sound difficult, it’s very easy once you know which plants to add ...

KSMU Ozarks Public Radio spoke with scientific experts, who explained that changing weather, human activity, and rising temperatures are making life hard for birds and butterflies. Ornithologist Jim ...

The brilliant metallic blue wings of Morpho butterflies dazzle the eye. Branched nanostructures on the wings scatter light in complex ways to produce this characteristic iridescent hue. By harnessing ...

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. – This week’s SnapJAX Stories took us to the picturesque Fernandina Beach, where we followed a fluttering butterfly that seemed to lead us right to our destination. Here, we met ...

Among the multitude of reasons to want birds or butterflies around, their value as pollinators that are essential for flower and vegetable gardens is a key benefit of their presence. You may also want ...

If you want to attract bees, butterflies and game birds to your garden, Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculate) is the plant for you! This North American native is a re-seeding annual. It reaches 1-3 ...

Increasing the numbers and health of butterflies, birds and local pollinators is the theme of the annual Butterfly and Bird Festival, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 4 at Coyote Hills Regional Park in ...

This is where critters become an integral part of your garden as you plant flowers for hummingbirds, bees & butterflies, learn to harvest seeds, put in a pond for fish and to encourage habitat for ...

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — There is a very special place right in our South Florida backyard that you may forget about due to your day to day work and school flow, but with summer around the corner, you ...

We finally received some measurable rain, and high temperatures are below 100 degrees for the first time in weeks. Despite the severe conditions up until last week, the butterfly and particularly the ...

Birds, insects and the monarch butterfly are similarly finding themselves buffeted by new winds, stalled by a shifting Spring, or simply marooned, without the forests or host plants they had travelled ...