Climate can vary across large areas of land, but it also can vary within much smaller areas such as farms. A new study by researchers at Penn State ...

Have you ever heard of Mitticool Literally meaning cool with clay the company is the brainchild of Mansukhbhai Prajapati a tenthfail former laborer and tea who created an innovative solution to a prob ...

Bird feeders can be used to attract all sorts of different birds to your yard, but what about hummingbirds? Here's what we ...

June 23-29 is National Pollinator Week! That magical time when bees, butterflies, moths, and hummingbirds get the PR they ...

The UC Master Gardeners of Butte County are part of the University of California Cooperative Extension system, serving our ...

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we see how and why grassy sidewalk strips and medians are being transformed in ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

Celebrate Juneteenth weekend in the DMV with parades, festivals, health screenings, honey tastings, and poetry gatherings.

HAVE you heard the news? Henley was recognised as a bee-friendly town on National Bee Day in May. We achieved this thanks to the efforts of various organisations, residential areas and businesses to ...

Well, I keep learning through the Master Gardener Volunteer program how important bees are to our crops and gardens. So, I am ...

Curious about why - and how - you should attract beneficial insects to the garden? Learn how in this post. As any gardener ...

On a spring morning walk, I stop to smell a painted trillium and am greeted by a goldenrod crab spider (Misumena vatia).