GAINESVILLE, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- Butterflies aren’t just beautiful, they’re essential to our ecosystem and our food supply. New data reveals the U.S. butterfly population has plunged by 22% in ...

Bees and butterflies help produce our food by pollinating the crops farmers grow. In fact, 35% of the world's food crops, including fruits, vegetables, nuts and seeds, depend on pollinators. But ...

Dr. Ronnie Brathwaite is Senior Agriculture Officer, Plant Production and Protection Division (NSP), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Unfortunately, pollinators are ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! It is hard to believe but August is here. Next thing the kids will be back to school. It has been a hot and wet July, but hopefully things will dry up some ...

Did you know that how and when you cut back your perennials and tidy your landscape matters to pollinators? I just read a fact sheet from the Xerces Society that opened my eyes to more ways to help ...

In order to reproduce, most flowering plants rely on animals to move their pollen. In turn, pollinators rely on flowers for food, including both nectar and pollen. If you're a gardener, you might want ...

Pollinators – like bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds – are indispensable to the world as we know it. They fertilize plants, and that includes most of the plants we eat. But pollinator populations ...

Dressed as a life-sized butterfly, Kaiden Potter was spotted flapping his wings inside the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center. The 3-year-old wore brightly colored Monarch wings while migrating ...