It’s National Pollinator Week, an annual event created to bring attention to the sharp decline in pollinator numbers due to habitat loss, pesticide use and climate change. Butterflies often capture ...

YPSILANTI, MI – Ypsilanti leaders put their support behind “Low Mow May” on Tuesday night, encouraging residents to reduce mowing and let their grass grow to between 6 and 12 inches this month. The ...

Pollinators are declining rapidly, largely due to land conversion and intensification of agriculture. To mitigate their crisis, low-disturbance habitats, such as sown wildflower plantings, could ...

The importance of reestablishing native species to combat invasive ones was the topic recently as Pennsylvania officials gathered in Cumberland County on Friday, May 9, to promote Pennsylvania Native ...

One of the major challenges faced by pollinators is that much of their habitat has been co-opted for human use. Usually, it’s altered in ways that make it inhospitable for pollinators as well as other ...

The arrival of fall brings shorter days, cooler nights and a gradual winding down of garden activity. Flowers start to fade, while leaves turn glorious colors and begin to fall from the trees. For ...

Seven Long Island environmental organizations are receiving a combined $659,000 in grants to support pollinator conservation efforts, grow thousands of native plants and create new community gardens, ...

Pennsylvania officials are working to promote the planting of native species over invasive ones that take over ecosystems and hurt local wildlife. “Native species are vital to healthy ecosystems in ...

To walk this week in Duke Gardens is to be surrounded with gorgeous colors and powerful scents from bee balms, hydrangeas, lillies and other magnificant flowers. But it’s also worth noting what else ...

Anna Alejo is CBS News Colorado's Executive Producer of Community Impact. She works with the news team to develop more grassroots relationships and original content at the neighborhood and local ...