Pollinating insects are getting their habitats back at Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach. Volunteers put nearly 850 ...

New research shows invasive species are reducing insect populations worldwide and weakening ecosystems people rely on.

Insects are often seen as invaders due to high-profile species like the yellow-legged (Asian) hornet, the harlequin ladybird ...

How do you pick which kind of plants you want in your flower bed or landscaping? Many people may want something that really looks nice. Others may want to plant it and forget it so there is little ...

Native plants are a feast for the eyes and a feast for our native bees and butterflies which need them for food and shelter. The growing popularity of butterfly gardening has spurred sales of native ...

Kathy Doisy of Columbia gasped aloud when she saw a brown caterpillar chewing on the leaves of a pipevine Saturday afternoon at Lincoln University. She turned to her friend, Cheryl Jensen. "Isn't that ...

National Pollinator Week is coming to a close, but it serves as a reminder for how essential pollinators are to the production of food and fiber. Approximately 75 percent of all flowering plants need ...

April is Ohio Native Plant Month and National Native Plant Month. April was first designated as Native Plant Month in Ohio in 2020, spearheaded by former Ohio First Lady Hope Taft. And now for the ...

My neighbor insists that I should have only native plants in my yard. I think it’s okay to include non-natives in my garden, particularly ones that bloom to support butterflies and pollinators. Is ...

Having native plants in a garden can create a good environment for caterpillars, which are hearty food for birds Dario Sanches via Wikimedia Commons under CC By-SA 2.0 As a boy growing up in the 1960s ...

Non-native plant feeding insects can be serious agricultural pests, but a new study estimates that many such invasive insects remain undiscovered. (Getty Images) Over the past two centuries, thousands ...