The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation recently announced $4.1 million in grants to conserve monarch butterflies and other insect pollinators in 15 states. The grants will leverage $6.6 million in ...

Butterfly Pavilion is planning to celebrate pollinators with its annual Pollinator Palooza festival from noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, June 29, dedicated to the small but mighty invertebrates that help ...

This is a good year to catch a glimpse of monarch butterflies waiting out the winter in places like Pacific Grove and Pismo Beach. Preliminary reports say that over 200,000 monarchs have gathered ...

As we pass through the middle of April, we are entering the most popular planting season of the year. I said "most popular" because you can plant trees and shrubs at any time of the year. The only ...

Trudy Hartis is a retired school teacher and a master gardener who is fond of butterflies, especially monarch butterflies. “Today, I’m doing a butterfly demonstration. I’m trying to encourage people ...

If you have noticed fewer monarch butterflies fluttering around the yard this summer, you're not alone. Several butterfly aficionados recently shared their concerns during a Facebook discussion on ...

It's almost spring! And March 12 is National Plant a Flower Day, the perfect day to bask in the sunlight and plant flowers that will help pollinators like the endangered eastern monarch butterfly. The ...

I always delight in seeing monarchs, those orange-and-black beauties dipping and swooping through the year. But this year, I got to observe their magic up close. A few weeks ago, I noticed a small ...

The Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster unveiled its new "Pollinator Palooza" exhibit on Tuesday. The pavilion claims it is the biggest pollinator-focused exhibit ever. The exhibit features beetles in ...

Sandy Allison loved butterflies. On Saturday, May 18, her family dedicated the Sandy Allison Memorial Butterfly and Pollinator Garden at the Claysburg Community Park with a crowd of 65 people ...