Fruit. Passion vine (Passiflora spp.) produces fruit that begins to ripen in the fall and may still be on the vine in early ...

Every 5th February is celebrated as Western Monarch Day in California mostly. The Western Monarch Day draws attention to a growing environmental crisis. Scientists warn that western monarch ...

The most unsettling declines aren't sudden collapses but slow thinnings that force us to realize, too late, that ...

There are two populations of monarchs. Fish and Wildlife said that the western monarch population faces a more than 99% ...

The Washington County Board of Commissioners has approved a grant agreement with the Washington Conversation District (WCD) to restore approximately 15 cares at Pine Point Regional Park.

Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-04) recently announced that he assisted in securing $567,000 in federal funding for the Yolo Habitat Conservancy to advance its Pollinator Parkway project. According to a ...

When animals are faced with extinction, they have three options: move, adapt, or die. Every year, the western monarch butterfly migrates from west of the Rocky Mountains to the coasts of California, ...

Monarch butterflies inspire awe through migrations that span thousands of miles across North America—a cycle repeated generation after generation. Their long-term survival, however, depends on a ...

The Certified Wildlife Habitat program from the National Wildlife Federation is the most widely recognized program. To qualify, a yard must offer food, water, cover, and places for wildlife to raise ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Dozens of volunteers spent Sunday ...

Perhaps the most easily recognizable butterfly in the world is the beautiful monarch with its bright orange and black wings rimmed with white dots. Equally famous is the incredibly long migration this ...

For years, home gardeners have been told to do one thing to save monarch butterflies: plant milkweed, the only plant monarch caterpillars eat. And for years, that’s what Linda Barber Auld, known as ...