Florida is planting 15,000 milkweeds along highways to help monarch butterflies; the unused roadsides could become a 10,200-acre wildlife corridor

Scientists and transport officials in Florida have planted 15,000 milkweed plants along roadsides to help monarch butterflies ...

Not Milkweed: Plant This Bush With Berries And Flowers That Butterflies Love

Tired of milkweed? This native shrub attracts a dozen butterfly and moth species. It has prolific spring blooms, tasty (to ...
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Zero gravity farming is the new space race

AS countries prepare for a new era of human exploration, the race to grow food in space is emerging as one of the most important scientific contests of the decade. China, the United States and Europe ...
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Rochester's Deb Majerus: raising farm-to-vase flowers on the farm

Rumor has it that the eponymous lyrics of the Iron Butterfly song “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida,” was really a garbled version of the ...

Honey bees' sense of smell changes from larval to adult life stages, study finds

Honey bee larvae lack the sophisticated olfactory capabilities of adult honey bees, a new study finds. Scientists point to ...