All milkweed plants — tropical or native — are good for butterflies and other pollinators, right? For the most part, that’s true. However, there is much debate between policymakers and the scientific ...

You don't have to go to warmer climates to find Kentucky’s native tropical fruit, but that doesn't mean pawpaws are easy to find. Researchers say that elusiveness is part of its appeal. Pawpaws look a ...

When artist Shawn Hall took a close look at the flowering plants in Crescent Park, she noticed something that made her curious. “I was looking at the milkweed and there was a monarch caterpillar on it ...

"You did it beautifully!" Homeowner shares stunning before-and-after photos after turning backyard into 'tropical forest': ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A fruit native to Kentucky is growing in popularity and now has its own festival. The Pawpaw Festival was held at Louisville Nature Center on Saturday. The fruit's taste is ...

If you were to visit the humid tropics of Asia, Central and South America you would be amazed at all the plants that grow on the branches of trees and even on rocks with no soil. We do have lichens, ...

The recent confluence of Polynesian, Micronesian, Melanesian and other Pacific Ocean cultures has inspired a new interest in landscaping with native and endemic plants of this vast region. What they ...

We’re nearing the end of fruit season in Michigan -- the apples are coming in hot (in some cases, literally hot, as in hot cider), but there’s another fruit that is native to Michigan that is in peak ...

A young kinkajou was rescued in Washington state after it was found abandoned at a rest stop in Yakima, a city about 150 miles from Seattle. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police officers ...