A monarch flies around flowers along the Hudson River in downtown Manhattan.

Our neighbor Mary has a small patch of milkweed behind her potting shed. It’s shaded by a young sassafras tree, and some ...

Even from a distance, you can often learn to tell butterflies apart simply by noting their colors and shapes and by watching ...

My “favorite” plant, always a native perennial, varies with the seasons. The dandelions in my lawn get the nod until their ...

If you are planting milkweed to attract monarch butterflies, you are already ahead of the game. But even the most well-meaning gardeners can make critical mistakes when planting milkweed that may send ...

Mulch can be useful for minimizing weeds, but it is also a liability. Even 2 inches of ground bark mulch on a flower bed can ...

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As it opens River's Edge Preserve to the public, the land trust is embarking on a battle with the bittersweet vines threatening the 24 acres.

With more than 800 votes cast during the two-week window, a winner was recently announced in the City of Sanford’s first participatory budgeting cycle. Receiving 521 votes, over 60% of the vote, was ...

NEW YORK — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is encouraging wildlife enthusiasts to help Monarch butterflies on their yearly flight south to warmer climates. In New York, ...

A newly emerged Monarch butterfly rests on 8-year-old Beckett Mautner’s nose. Her sister Dexter, 11, has her hands full holding more on as the sun beams on a September afternoon outside their Ann ...