One crisp Dec morning in 2000, during a routine visit to the Aralam forests, butterfly experts Jaffer Palot and V C Balakrishnan witnessed a breathtaking sight—an endless stream of Common Albatross ...

Do you recognize this herb garden demon? I've dislodged it everywhere I see it, but it keeps coming back! What to do?

The butterflies are enjoying the mud puddle I provide in the landscape! The zebra swallowtails were happy to pose for a ...

The Dutchman’s pipe (Aristolochia durior) is a woody vine that produces flowers shaped like curved pipes with heart-shaped ...

Four rare species have fluttered into view during my continuing quest to photograph the endangered Mount Charleston blue ...

With its tall, rounded form, decorated with glossy green leaves and globe-like flowers, Buttonbush looks great, too. "I love ...

Around this time last year, my wife noticed some black spots on the parsley and dill growing in our garden at home. I didn’t think much of it – the dots looked like bird droppings to me – but my wife ...

Not all bugs are bad. In fact, some can benefit your garden. So don't be so quick to try to get rid of every insect you see crawling on your plants. Some are not pests. Many are actually hardworking ...

For many of us in the High Country, seeing beautiful butterflies fluttering through the air, or sitting on flowers, is a welcome site. The numerous species in our area, varying in size and color, are ...

The swallowtail moth’s natural breeding grounds, particularly from areas in Cordillera Central like the Baguio and Bontoc region, have been subject to biodiversity loss with the increase of both ...

Monarch butterflies lay eggs on showy milkweed. Pale swallowtail, echo azure and Lorquin’s admirals are intentionally lured in by tower rockcress plants’ small creamy flowers, and California marble ...

A swallowtail butterfly pollenates a Mexican sunflower in The Ranch at Laguna Beach’s sustainable garden on..Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG) ...