This year, National Pollinator Week, June 22-29, highlights the outsized role of butterflies and moths and their host plants.

(CNN) – A third of the food we eat is at risk because of the climate crisis endangering butterflies and bees. International scientists recently announced the monarch butterfly is dangerously close to ...

Insect populations have been in decline the last 20 years, so if you want to do your part to help them this is what you need to plant.

Butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa) is a vibrant, low-maintenance native plant that supports pollinators in the garden. It's part of the milkweed family, and, like its relatives, it "supports a whole ...

Entomologist Nate Erwin and Dr. Sean Brady, a Smithsonian bee curator, lead us around the National Museum of Natural History to discuss bee and butterfly pollination. yt_uPFfdFF-TEc ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In major urban landscape such as Washington, D.C., a place like the Smithsonian Institution’s Butterfly Habitat Garden serves a valuable purpose ...