When you think of butterflies visiting your yard, you may have visions of monarchs floating in the breeze or swallowtails flitting through your garden. You may not imagine these pollinators clustered ...

A robin and a Monarch butterfly sitting on a dead branch with moss looking at each other - Fercast/Shutterstock Among the multitude of reasons to want birds or butterflies around, their value as ...

Pollinators in the forest preserves is the topic of Wild Ones Lake-to-Prairie Chapter meeting at 7 p.m. May 6 at the Fremont Public Library, 1170 N. Midlothian Road or online. Dan Sandacz, a ...

I’ve been watching a flurry of butterflies visit my yard this year and have enjoyed seeing them gently rest on flower heads while they feed on the nectar. They devour the sticky treat that provides ...

It’s a growing trend around the country. Front yards that were once lawns are now becoming flowering native plants meadows. I visited John Esposito, a gardener in Huntington who changed his front yard ...

If you think not having a lawn means you can't bring in bees, butterflies, and birds to your yard, you are happily mistaken. As pollinator gardening rises in popularity, more and more people want to ...

Have you see all the butterflies in our landscapes recently? Butterflies in the local area seem to be extremely plentiful this year, and we are rewarded with the beauty and variety of these visitors ...

Among the multitude of reasons to want birds or butterflies around, their value as pollinators that are essential for flower and vegetable gardens is a key benefit of their presence. You may also want ...