Planting a hedgerow is an excellent way to attract pollinators to your garden. Question: I have heard that planting a hedgerow next to my vegetable garden will encourage pollinators and other ...

A pilot project is underway to remove fast-spreading water stargrass from two stretches of the lower Yakima River.

Q: I was reading that worldwide insect populations are declining at an alarming rate and that 40% of insect species face extinction in the next 10 to 15 years. Use of pesticides and climate change are ...

Fall garden cleanup can feel like a race against winter—raking leaves, cutting back perennials, and tidying up before the ...

The spread of species beyond their native habitat is a human-made environmental change on a global scale. Among vascular ...

Vulnerable species — and the impact of the facility on their habitat and well-being — are at the core of a legal fight.

1. Functional diversity (FD) of pollinators can increase plant reproductive output and the stability of plant-pollinator communities. Yet, in times of world-wide pollinator declines, effects of global ...

With several students each summer and the director of community engagement Gail Heffner, Professor Dave Warners investigated the restoration of native plants and native habitats in urban areas that ...

A new study finds milkweed plants from retailers across the country contain pesticides that could harm the monarch butterflies attracted to the plants. Milkweed is a host plant for monarchs, and many ...

Barbara Chung may have the tiniest habitat garden in Los Angeles — some 200 mostly native plants in pots on her 7-by-20-foot townhouse terrace — and she's happy to erase any doubts about whether patio ...

WASHINGTON (CN) - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Friday designated critical habitat for two rare cacti species in Florida that are endangered by rising sea levels and collection. In total, the ...

Federal wildlife officials have proposed designating about 53,000 acres in Imperial County as critical habitat for the threatened Peirson’s milk vetch plant, a move that cheered environmentalists but ...