Butterflies are in trouble. It doesn't take much to help
“You can really make a difference to the local population. Any individual flower you put out it likely to get visited,” said ...
National Plant a Flower Day: Help pollinators like monarch butterflies with your garden
National Plant a Flower Day is all about celebrating the beauty of flowers. Planting them can also help save pollinators like ...
US butterflies 'all in trouble' as their numbers rapidly decline, report finds
Researchers across the United States collected data on more than 35 butterfly monitoring programs. It included data from 12.6 ...
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Grow Swallowtail Butterflies in Your Garden
Just as monarchs famously prefer milkweed for food and egg-laying, swallowtail butterflies also have a preferred food as ...
Where Have All the Butterflies Gone? “Shocking” Nationwide Decline Sparks Alarm
Butterfly populations in the U.S. declined by 22% from 2000 to 2020, with 13 times as many species declining as increasing.
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A gardener's guide to butterfly-friendly plants
In the heart of London, the Museum's Wildlife Garden has recorded 23 species of butterfly and many more moths. Butterfly expert Luke Brown explains which flowers from around the world you can plant to ...
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Study finds butterfly population declined 22% between 2000 and 2020
Butterflies are declining rapidly across the contiguous United States, including in Massachusetts. Research published in the ...
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‘It’s magical’: Brookside Gardens butterfly experience returns
The Butterfly Experience in Brookside Gardens will be returning to the botanical garden in Wheaton Regional Park.
First national analysis finds America’s butterflies are disappearing at ‘catastrophic’ rate
A new study finds the number of butterflies has dropped 22% since 2000, a new study finds. Scientists blame insecticides, ...