Protect bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators by avoiding these practices.

"I love this method as a way to reuse old plastic jugs." ...

A garden can do more than look pretty—it can work like a living support system for bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects.

Pexels Somewhere between the vegetable patch and the flower border, there’s a small crisis unfolding. The insects that keep ...

A yard buzzing with bees, fluttering with butterflies, and visited by hummingbirds feels alive in a way that few landscaping ...

Many of us can’t wait to get into our gardens, turn over that fine Illinois loam and plant. For a little sweat equity, we should have a wealth of vegetables in a few months. Apparently, I’m not the ...

Here’s how to discourage carpenter bees from making their homes in yours.

Ecologists have long seen a strong connection between biodiversity and pollinators—the butterflies, birds, bats, bees, and other insects that help the flowers they snack on fertilize by transferring ...

Did you know that you can thank pollinators for one out of every three bites of food you eat? You probably didn't know. In which case you probably aren't thinking much about how your daily life ...

Some moths pollinate by accident, brushing against pollen as they sip nectar and carrying it from flower to flower. Tiny ...

A new Colorado law aims to protect pollinators, a critical component of the state's ecosystems and agriculture. The legislation reclassifies pollinators such as bees and butterflies as wildlife, which ...