Bordered Patch caterpillars, Cowpen Daisies, and 362 San Antonio pollinator habitats
Recent rains and a campaign to get Cowpen Daisies into area gardens as San Antonio’s “unofficial” pollinator plant of the year appear to have spawned an early crop of Bordered Patch... Read More
Three monarch butterflies tagged at San Antonio Festival recovered in Mexico
Three of 690 commercially bred monarch butterflies tagged and released at San Antonio’s 2018 Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival were recovered in Mexico, citizen science organization Monarch Watch announced this... Read More
Plentiful wildflowers ready for first generation of monarch butterflies
South Texas is seeing an abundance of monarch butterfly caterpillars in recent weeks. Resulting chrysalises and butterflies suggest a robust 2019 monarch butterfly season as a bounty of wildflowers... Read More
Q&A: Migration expert Andy Davis says for monarchs, it’s “survival of the biggest”
Migration studies expert Andy Davis sometimes finds himself at odds with the running narrative of the monarch butterfly migration. Davis, a research scientist in the University of Georgia Odum... Read More
Popularity of pollinator gardens growing in areas prone to drought
No longer the niche interest of gardening geeks, pollinator gardens and native plants are gaining traction–especially in areas of the country prone to long hot summers and drought. Growing... Read More
Monarch butterflies head our way as big wildflower bloom awaits
Monarch butterflies have begun their multi-generation migration north from Mexico, following a season that counted their largest overwintering population in a decade. Favorable conditions in South Texas suggest we... Read More