The following are some standout species of Salvia that do well in our area: Black and Blue Sage (Salvia guarnitica ... It is the only local larval host plant for the pipevine swallowtail butterfly.

The butterfly appears to be a hybrid between two known tiger swallowtail species — P. glaucus and P. canadensis — but because ...

In Black in Blues, Imani Perry reaches to the height of the sky and the depth of the ocean, casting the history of blue as one of both triumph and tragedy, possibility and limitation. Imani Perry ...

One of the rarest butterflies in the country, the Schaus’ Swallowtail Butterfly, is benefitting from an event many people dread. A new study from the Florida Museum of Natural History shows hurricanes ...

BLACK IN BLUES: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, by Imani Perry Blue is humanity’s favorite color, and no wonder. It’s everywhere: the sky, the sea that makes our earth resemble a Big ...

Scholar and author Imani Perry explains — it's the color blue. In her new book, Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People, Perry explores blue as a symbol of both hope and ...

Black women in blue remind us of the power of electricity. The jolting hue sends shock waves through our systems every time we see one of our melanated sistas rocking the primary color.

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing monarch butterflies as a threatened species and has considered some possibly contradictory ways to protect them, Nicholas Storer ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is planning to upgrade the monarch butterfly’s status to “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act by the end of the year, citing shrinking populations ...