Even a small area can serve as a respite for pollinators, and these Oregon experts are ready to help you get started.

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning ...

In 2023, more than 16,000 butterflies were counted at one local grove. The most recent count was a tiny fraction of that.

The natural phenomenon of the iconic monarch butterflies migrating south for the winter is a fascinating one - and it's one ...

This winter, volunteers from the Xerces Society, a nonprofit environmental group, tallied just 9,119 western monarchs — a ...

A winter count of visiting monarch butterflies found a steep drop from previous years, which has scientists worried about the ...

Meanwhile, much of the western breeding areas for the monarchs face some level of drought, which reduced the amount of milkweed and nectar plants available to the butterflies, Howard said.

Scientists are grappling with a stark population decline of the western monarch butterfly after the species’ numbers hit a ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning ...

We know small populations are especially vulnerable to environmental fluctuations, and we think that’s what happened this ...

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park announces the return of the much-loved Fred & Dorothy Fichter Butterflies Are Blooming exhibition, now in its 30th year. This highly anticipated event, the ...

Butterflies and bees are important garden visitors — they’re both pollinators, which means they help plants reproduce. When ...