An Antidote To the Despair Epidemic Moderated by: Michelle Alfandari, co-founder Homegrown National Park® Read time: 19 minutes It was a thrill to get the call from Wild Hope HHMI Tangled Bank Studio to collaborate with HNP. It’s been a synergistic and exciting relationship that we hope will continue forever! We are thrilled to announce […]
A Conversation with Doug Tallamy and Sean B. Carroll Read More »
When Kate Ford and her husband bought their home in 2008, the landscape was all rocks and grass because the previous owner “didn’t like plants.” They have since made it into a DIY Biodiversity Heaven! Kate was “lit up” about native plants by a friend with Black-eyed Susans that attracted pollinators and birds. They dug
Biodiversity Paradise: Kate in Rochester Hills, MI Read More »
This week the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed the North American migratory populations of the monarch butterfly as an endangered species. Having declined 75%, 85%, or 95%, depending on which eastern population you are talking about, or over 99% if you are referring to the California monarch, the direction the most iconic butterfly in the world is heading is painfully clear. Monarchs are in trouble both in the north where they breed and in Mexico where they spend the winter months.
Monarch Butterfly Listed as Engangered – article by Doug Tallamy Read More »