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Sometimes, nature's surprises come with wings. In a new study, scientists have pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine ...

A fund set up by STRI staff scientist Annette Aiello intends to provide long-term funding for the preservation and management ...

Monarch butterflies, known for their distinctive orange-and-black wings, are found across North America. Monarchs in the ...

This versatile winter vegetable is a stalwart of the veg garden. Discover our best leek varieties and tips for how to grow ...

The Nebraska Extension held a Crop Production Clinic on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the UNL Panhandle Research Extension and ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...