A third of the food grown worldwide depends on insects and other animals for pollination, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service ...

This month, we are going to do a Q/A session. I know I have many great readers! I get wonderful questions via text, email, at ...

Designing Our Gardens: A Garden Walk to Inspire Your Green Thumb When: Saturday, June 21, 2025, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Where: Champaign & Urbana Join us for the 2025 Champaign County Master Gardener Garden ...

As I crisscross the county this summer to share environmental experiences with students, I can’t help but notice all of the ...

Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant. The leaves of milkweed are the primary food source for monarch caterpillars. The flowers provide ...

This past school year, for the first time, Illinois schools were required to teach a unit on the experience and history of ...

Milkweed can grow in a wide variety of environments from roadsides and abandoned lots to the edge of fields, meadows, and ...

Despite some conservationists’ concerns, UC Davis researchers show that tropical milkweed has minimal impact on California monarch butterflies’ migratory patterns.

Ryan Pankau teaches ciLiving host, Jaclyn Friedlander about milkweed Want to turn your yard into a butterfly haven? Planting ...

The goal of the project is to restore and preserve habitats for numerous pollinator species across Tennessee.

MOLINE, Ill. — A college student from Illinois placed second in a competition at the World Pork Expo. The event is held at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines each year. It draws more than ...