Out of the more than 3,000 native plants in Illinois, only 57 have orange flowers, according to state botanist Paul Marcum.

There's something genuinely wonderful about watching a swallowtail drift across your garden and land on a bloom you planted ...

Tired of milkweed? This native shrub attracts a dozen butterfly and moth species. It has prolific spring blooms, tasty (to ...

If you've driven down two-lane highways in rural parts of North Florida recently, you may have noticed a spate of new signs ...

The work to plant 15,000 milkweed plants along Florida roadsides is part of an initiative led by the University of Illinois ...

If you garden, you have likely encountered aphids on trees, shrubs or other garden plants in your landscape. Identifiable by ...

McLean Nature Preserve is hosting a Prairie Blazing Star Walk at 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 18. Visitors can take a guided walk to enjoy summer meadow wildflowers. A wide variety of flowers are ...

Habitat loss, pesticides and disease have made those encounters increasingly rare. Local entomologists and residents are ...

This gorgeous bush doesn't just provide a stunning pop of white in the garden — it's also attractive to pollinators, from ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

Monarchs have left Texas, but zinnias, lantana, milkweed and passion vine can still attract butterflies and support ...