It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It ...

One of the highlights of being outdoors in warmer weather is spotting a delicate, colorful butterfly exploring the landscape. There are over 19,000 different species of butterflies around the ...

Butterfly weed’s standout orange flowers bloom from early summer to fall, attracting hummingbirds, native bees, and ...

Few trees equal the sassafras in its historical impact. A colorful and diverse reputation, the uses for the sassafras tree has varied from medicinal and culinary uses to a health ...

Claim to fame: Red admiral butterflies are one of several colorful butterfly species found in Missouri and, ... They prefer to feed on tree sap, rotting fruit, animal dung and carrion.