Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The annual monarch butterfly program is set for Aug. 21 at 6 p.m. at the Church of the Apostles in Waynesboro. According to a ...

CLARENCE, N.Y. — This Saturday at Bidwell Park in Buffalo, a butterfly release will entertain the young and old alike. But the mission behind the release is to resonate a message of environmentalism, ...

It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...

Fishing duo Cole & Jay team up with environmental specialists to successfully hatch and release hundreds of Monarch butterflies to bolster the local population.

Monarch butterflies are one symbol of immigrants, their seasonal migration likened to the journey of so many around the world. But the colorful harbinger of hope is facing a crisis itself. The final ...

The monarch butterfly is Illinois' state insect and has held that distinction for 50 years — having been suggested for the honor by third grade classes in Decatur in 1975. But the butterfly is also in ...

FORT GRATIOT, Mich. (AP) — While many people would try to pull up or kill any milkweed they see, Sara Totten has dozens of the green leafy plants in her yard. Every three to four days starting in ...

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Five blocks of Sheridan Road in Zion going north to Shiloh Boulevard were lined with zinnias last weekend before a right turn to the Zion Park District Bandshell, where scores of locally raised ...

GRAYSLAKE — It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson ...