Goddard Memorial State Park quietly awaits in East Greenwich, offering 489 acres of Rhode Island’s best-kept natural secret. You’ve probably driven past it dozens of times without realizing the ...

• Many plants have quiet explosions of white blossoms in cold weather. Coyote brush (Baccharis pilularis) produces white to ...

Benjamin Rush State Park stands as Philadelphia’s best-kept secret – a verdant escape that feels impossibly distant from city life despite being nestled right within the city limits. You know that ...

With butterfly season starting at Ellwood Mesa, the city of Goleta, Ellwood Friends, and the Santa Barbara Bucket Brigade are inviting area residents of all ages to help restore and protect the ...

Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead, is a celebration honoring ancestors who have passed before. Large altars or ofrendas appear in many towns and cities, where photos, food and flowers are ...

With a deft move of his net, 12-year-old Bear Graf, of Middle Island, captured an energetic male monarch butterfly, distinguishable by the two dark marks on his hind wings. He delivered him to the ...

Slow but steady takes the spotlight as Noah’s Ark Animal Sanctuary opens Tortoise Bluff, a half-acre habitat built for 12 Sulcata tortoises in the sanctuary’s ...

“Bird” is not just a noun. To people who love the flying, feathered creatures, “bird ” is a verb … as in “Evanston is a great place to ‘bird'” … a top-notch place to bird-watch. Sign up for our free ...

A 12-year-old girl is helping monarch butterflies by raising them and planting a specialized garden. Monarch butterflies were listed as threatened in 2024 due to habitat loss and pesticide use.

When 12-year-old Kaylee Timm released her pointer finger and thumb, the newly tagged monarch caught a breeze and fluttered directly south. Timm’s smile widened, revealing braces adorned with orange, ...

The colorful monarch butterflies are just starting to make their 3,000-mile journey across North America. The flutterers spend the fall and summer living, breeding in and passing through Wisconsin.