Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A black swallowtail butterfly lands on a plant in a garden. - Darrell Gulin/Getty Images If you want a garden filled with ...

Every butterfly gardener delights when showy swallowtail butterflies make an appearance. These butterflies are some of the largest in the garden, and their colorful wings and soaring flight patterns ...

With blazing stars, goldenrod, echinacea and asters in full glory — as well as gardens filled with annuals — keep an eye out for swallowtails fluttering between blooms in search of nectar. Similar in ...

Butterflies are a delight to watch in the garden as they flutter from one flower to another feeding on nectar. They are like airborne flowers as they flash their colorful wings. For the past couple of ...

This May has been overly cloudy and so I’ve wondered whether common signs of spring, such as the first leaves to appear or the first flowers to bloom, have been late because of the gloomy weather?

CHICO — It’s pipevine swallowtail season, meaning black and orange caterpillars are milling about all through Bidwell Park. Chico Park and Natural Resources Manager Shane Romain is advising park goers ...