These Houston gardeners tend native gardens that provide a year-round support system for pollinators, beneficial insects and ...

From watering issues to humidity levels and temperature fluctuations, there are several factors that can contribute to this ...

A series of plant sales coming up feature native varieties that don’t need a lot of water or fuss and that provide food and ...

Texas is home to countless treasures, but one of its most iconic is disappearing before our eyes — the monarch butterfly, our ...

Kaori Fukuyama, known for paintings, drawings, sculptures and site-specific installations, is bringing her vision of a nature ...

Fall asters are long-lived perennials. The plants die to the ground soon after they finish blooming. Trim the spent stems ...

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Scientists are seeing insect populations worldwide fall due to changes in the weather, loss of plants they rely on and ...

Milkweed is the only host plant of monarch butterflies, meaning it’s the only plant monarch butterflies will lay eggs on and ...

The Wildflower Project could also save transportation departments time and effort. When planted on steeper verges, indigenous ...

The increasing intensity and frequency of extreme heat likely compounds stresses on the iconic butterfly, worrying biologists ...

Pretty flowers are only part of what pollinators need. Here are some native plants that help pollinators thrive in your ...