UC Master Gardeners of Ventura County can help you practice Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, an approach to controlling ...

Homeowners can support insect populations by creating pollinator habitats in their yards, even small changes like planting a tree can help.

Create an all-inclusive bird sanctuary in your backyard with plants that provide what birds need most for food, shelter and ...

Nest boxes help many species of birds, including eastern bluebirds, tree swallows and wood ducks, by providing protection ...

Landscaping is more than just an aesthetic choice—it plays a vital role in environmental sustainability. A well-designed ...

Say the word “butterfly” to any younger Generation Xer, millennial, or older Zoomer, and any number of songs may immediately ...

One butterfly comes so far, and then it will stop to reproduce, and then the offspring from that monarch will emerge from the ...

This year’s count of 4.42 acres of occupied forest habitat is nearly twice as large as last year's, but eastern monarch ...

On June 8, 2011, the journal Nature published a commentary by 19 ecologists who urged conservationists to “assess organisms ...

Get pruning. Most deciduous trees and shrubs (those that lose their leaves in autumn), including fruit trees, should be ...

Around St. Patrick’s Day, grocery stores or floral shops sell “shamrock” plants. This imposter is a plant from the genus Oxalis, a member of the wood sorrel family. It hails from mountainous regions ...

The insects fly north towards the Canadian border ... Teeter said the monarchs start arriving each year in early March, as they look for milkweed plants to lay their eggs. In order for this ...