The kings are coming. But it's not royalty that's taken flight, nor is it some pro sports team. No, these kings go by another name — monarchs.

The calendar has turned to October, and temperatures have yet to reach freezing for most of the Inland Northwest. These ...

An idea inspired by monarch butterflies in a Plano garden is becoming part of the world’s digital language. Unicode ...

Of course, locking a spotted lanternfly in an enclosure with nothing but milkweed isn’t particularly representative of what ...

Have you encountered any tiny insect swarms lately? There’s a good chance those little critters are aphids. As one expert explains, they’re entering the final phase of their life cycle when they start ...

The black and orange stripes catch my eye as I swing the scythe through dew-laden grass. My eyes typically follow the tip of the 28-inch blade as I mow, trying to keep it level with the ground, but ...

Dengarden and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Did you know there's only one type of plant monarch caterpillars can eat, and it may not be one you currently have in your garden?

Getting to the monarch habitat at Sutro Preserve takes some work. Scientists and land stewards with the Land Trust of Napa County make the roughly 30-mile drive from their Soscol Avenue office into ...

Those aphids infesting your milkweed plants offer a surprising benefit. Newly published UC Davis research suggests that the honeydew produced by aphids on milkweed plants increases plant growth. “We ...

Those aphids infesting your milkweed plants offer a surprising benefit. Newly published UC Davis research suggests that the honeydew produced by aphids on milkweed plants increases plant growth.

For decades, we've watched oleander aphids infest our milkweed. Like many folks, we grow milkweed for the monarchs, but aphids insist on having their share, too. Guess who's coming to dinner? Aphids.

It is almost September, when we can expect the migrating monarchs (Danaus plexippus) to pass through on their way from Canada to the wintering grounds near Mexico City. Of course, the butterflies that ...