For many plants, pruning in late winter can ruin your flower display. But for these summer bloomers, it'll have the opposite ...

January is a time for planning, and I want to introduce you to a winner for year-round beauty: the Wintergem Boxwood (Buxus ...

Pollinating insects are getting their habitats back at Hopkins Wilderness Park in Redondo Beach. Volunteers put nearly 850 ...

Don't let January's cold and wet start put you off from gardening: the experts say now is the ideal time to plant perennials ...

Honeysuckle: A fragrant, sweet-nectared flower that butterflies love. Junonia: A genus of butterflies more commonly known as ...

The hotter conditions produced more potent toxins in the milkweed. But the researchers said that surprisingly, the parasitic ...

A beach on a remote island, and home to nesting turtles, is annually overwhelmed by tonnes of plastic garbage. Christmas Island is doing what it can to help stem the never-ending tide of pollution. A ...

Once New Year's Day has passed, gardeners start to get excited about new plants and ideas for the landscape and garden. One ...

This column originally appeared in The Keys Citizen on Jan. 30, 2021.

NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a ...

Some butterflies embark on a long journey to escape winter’s cold if they can’t survive it. Monarchs ( Danaus plexippus) are ...

Joshua Kalarical is a senior at Lake Zurich High School. Music is a core passion of his that has always been part of his life ...