Smithsonian Gardeners created a beautiful overwintering habitat for bugs in the Ripley Garden. Inspiration from Flora Grubb Gardens Everyone needs a warm place to snuggle up for winter. That includes ...

Urban Hedgerow, an art and ecological collaborative in San Francisco, has been planting wild habitats in the city landscape since 2009. In addition to raising public awareness of and creating ...

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 ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Local business Beautiwood Unfinished Furniture at the corner of Spruce and Abby in Northwest Fresno is selling bee boxes and insect habitats. Some look similar to birdhouses. ...

Gardeners encounter many insects in their fruit or vegetable gardens and landscapes, only a few of which are harmful. Many insects actually help us, including three large groups -- the pollinators, ...

The 60 th anniversary of the federal Highway Beautification Act, the crowning achievement of Lady Bird Johnson, will be commemorated later this year. Although its lasting political outcome was to ...

A solar-pollinator habitat, dominated by purple prairie clover and black-eyed susan flowering plants. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory/Lee Walston A solar-pollinator habitat, dominated by purple ...

Coming soon to the wildflower meadow on the South Campus is “Pollinator Lounge,” a multispecies design installation that invites us to sit among the unsung heroes of urban biodiversity at work in our ...