Plant honeysuckle to attract hummingbirds to your garden. The fragrant perennial shrub has a tubular flower that is perfectly suited to the birds' beaks. Fenkep Now that the last cold snap of winter ...

Want to attract more hummingbirds and other pollinators to your yard? The popular pollinators depend on visual cues, like abundant blooms, size, and color, to find the nectar that makes up their diet, ...

Thinking of starting a pollinator garden? Experts suggest growing a variety of native plants that provide year-round nectar and pollen to butterflies, moths, bees, wasps and hummingbirds. It’s best to ...

Planting flowers in warm shades like red, orange, and yellow is one of the best-known tricks to attract more hummingbirds to your garden. While these tiny birds will happily sip sugar water, native ...

Our planet’s pollinators are more at risk than ever before. Bees, hummingbirds, and butterflies are declining with each passing year. Given their vital role in crop development and ecosystem ...

Pollinator Week is coming up June 17-23, so I thought it would be appropriate to write about native pollinators, such as bees, butterflies, moths and hummingbirds. You may have read about the ...

FUNKS GROVE — Hummingbirds might not role dice to determine whether their migration will be successful, but you can to get a better understanding of the obstacles they face in their long journey. You ...

We celebrated World Bee Day May 20 for the seventh time. The United Nations declared the first World Bee Day in 2018, recognizing the 20,000 species-strong bee genera as ambassadors for all ...

Hummingbirds are miniature marvels, combining dazzling iridescent color with lightning-fast wings and gravity-defying flight. As symbols of hope and joy, it’s no wonder we want to bring hummers closer ...

There’s an abundance of information available about how to attract hummingbirds to your yard and feeders, but information about how to keep bees away from hummingbird feeders tends to be scarce. The ...

For more than 40 years, Arthur Shapiro, a distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis, has counted butterflies at the same 10 spots in California. His sites span an elevation range ...