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Sheep Are Grazing Below Minnesota Solar Panels That Invite Pollinators to Thrive
Fox sedge grasses wave in the prairie breeze, monarchs bob on swaying milkweed, while sheep graze on wild Canadian rye and the sun’s warming...
A Monarch Visitation After Girl’s Death Has Dad Now Sending Milkweed Seeds to All Who Want to Help Butterflies
A week after Frank O’Donnell laid his 15-year-old daughter Keri to rest, he got a backyard visit from a monarch butterfly. Its bright orange...
In World First, Key African Species Will be Relocated to Another Continent After it Became Extinct in India
A team of experts from South Africa and Namibia are helping to relocate a population of cheetahs to India in an ambitious restoration program...
While in Lockdown Citizen Scientists are Going Outside Observing Insects, Helping Boost Their Recovery
Since states began to lock down in March, citizen science programs like eBird, NestWatch, and SciStarter have seen dramatic increases in users giving conservationists...
Historic Deal to Protect Millions of Monarch Butterfly Habitat Acres is Unprecedented
A new public-private partnership that includes 45 companies and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will proved “a huge boost” to stem the...
Woman Saves Injured Butterfly, Repairing Its Wing to Help It Fly Again
If this 36-year-old artist had not performed a “wing transplant” on this injured butterfly, it may not have lived to fly again.
Couple Fights Lawsuit Until Judge Rules They Can Keep Their “Starry Night” Home
The couple curated the gorgeous mural just in case their autistic son was ever lost and needed to find his way home.
Endangered Parrots Won’t Stop Messing With Traffic Cones So the Cheeky Birds Have Been Given Their Own Roadside Gyms
The clever Keas are notorious for messing with traffic cones and wandering around busy roadways looking for food – which is why they now have roadside gyms to keep them busy.
Watch Audacious Arctic Fox Persuade Ice Fisherman to Share His Precious Catch
Even this tough Siberian fisherman could not resist the persistent charms of a brave Arctic critter trying to find a meal.
Seamstress Uses Expert Mending Skills to Repair Monarch’s Wing and Save Its Life
Instead of allowing a newborn monarch butterfly to perish because of its injured wings, this costume designer grabbed her tool kit and got to work.
Mexico Saves Millions of Monarch Butterflies by Stopping Logging in its Tracks
In 2013, conservationists voiced their concern over disappearing monarch butterfly populations in Mexico. Several years later, however, the government has ensured that the insects...
The Grateful Dead Helps to Save Bees and Butterflies Through Jerry Garcia’s Legacy
Jerry Garcia passed away 22 years ago, but the legacy of the lead singer of the Grateful Dead lives on in a new effort to...
Monarch Butterfly Population More Than Triples Over Last Year
Try to imagine 10 acres of woodland fields and branches dripping with butterflies. That’s what the remarkable comeback of the monarch species looked like...
Monarch Butterflies Making a Stunning Comeback this Year (WATCH)
Efforts in three countries to protect Monarch butterflies have resulted in a stunning comeback for the iconic orange and black creature.
Help the Monarch Population by Raising Them Yourself
After reading about the plight of the monarch population I decided to intervene.
I read, when left in the natural world, only one in ten...
One-of-a-Kind School Gives Homeless Kids a Place to Learn
Homeless kids across the country face unimaginable obstacles when it comes to something as simple as trying to attend school each day.
Fortunately, one school in...
One Man’s Planting Equals More Monarch Butterflies
"Tom Landis planted a patch of milkweed the size of a card table last spring with seeds he collected himself, hoping his 'if-you-plant-it-they-will-come' project...
Breaking Bard: Shakespeare’s Best Villains
This week marks 450 years since William Shakespeare's birth. This is the 2nd article in a series to honor the historic birthday of perhaps...
Monarch Butterflies Use Medicinal Plants to Treat Offspring for Disease
Monarch butterflies appear to use medicinal plants to treat their offspring for disease, research by biologists at Emory University shows. Their findings were published...
With Bees Dying by the Billions, Teens Protect Pollinators
Millions of Monarchs will begin arriving in Mexico this week in an annual migration that includes thousands traveling through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and some...