Climate warming reduces nectar quality in flowers, leaving migrating monarch butterflies with less energy to survive winter.

Monarch butterflies have always been remarkably resilient. Every fall, these delicate orange-and-black travelers set out on a ...

As temperatures rise slightly, late-season plants produce weaker nectar, showing that climate change can affect pollinators ...

Butterfly garden ideas include nectar and host plants, water access, and pest-minimising practices to attract and support ...

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing monarch butterflies as a threatened species and has considered some possibly contradictory ways to protect them, Nicholas Storer, vice ...

It has been found that butterflies and bees are more strongly attracted to gardens with a greater diversity of pollen-rich ...

I’ve been watching a flurry of butterflies visit my yard this year and have enjoyed seeing them gently rest on flower heads while they feed on the nectar. They devour the sticky treat that provides ...

Summer isn't officially here, but it might as well be. Flowers are blooming, the days are warm and butterflies are effortlessly floating from flower to flower. Butterflies are likely among our most ...

A no-mow patch helps caterpillars live long enough to turn into butterflies and moths Making the world safer for butterflies can be as easy as doing a bit of nothing. Letting some part of a yard go ...