This means that for every five butterflies you might have seen in your garden two decades ago, there are now only four. The ...

The Smith's blue butterfly may be tiny, but it's endangered in a big way. It spends its whole life within a few hundred yards of two native plants, seacliff buckwheat and coast buckwheat — and is ...

These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.

Q. I am an urban farmer managing a small Community Service Agriculture (CSA) operation and am researching the butterfly pea.

Campbell’s work centers on the Karner blue butterfly ... of color from native species like violets, butterfly weed, goldenrod and azalea. Native plants require less maintenance and tend to ...