As we work our way through this marvelous month of May, it is hard to not notice nature happenings. Recent rains mixed with days of sunlight have brought dozens of spring wildflowers in bloom.

Recently I was watching a red admiral fly across the back yard when ... that get mistaken for wild phlox. There’s no denying that dame’s rocket are pretty, but they’re Eurasian invasives ...

When plant lovers see stands of vibrant purple flowers along roadsides or in gardens, phlox is usually their first guess. Unfortunately, it's easy to mistake phlox for a deceiving invasive weed ...

That butterfly? The red admiral, which is generally most active in the Rochester area in the spring and summer. Red admirals share the orange, white and black color palette with monarchs ...

A retired four-star Navy admiral who commanded thousands of officers across Europe, Russia and Africa was arrested Friday on bribery charges involving a government contract. Robert Burke is ...

This is one of the [red admiral] butterflies on the bush. There was about two dozen flying all around it.” Deb Pup, Norwood Park One of the admiral butterflies on lilacs in Norwood Park.

Many scientists believe the red-eyed tree frog developed its vivid scarlet peepers to shock predators into at least briefly questioning their meal choice. These iconic rain-forest amphibians sleep ...

“Seabiscuit did just what I thought he’d do,” said Red Pollard, Seabiscuit’s usual rider. “He made a rear admiral out of War Admiral.” Riddle retired War Admiral after the horse won ...

“Red is such an extraordinarily important color for the human species, and it does get associated with passion and fire,” says Jacky Colliss Harvey, author of Red: A History of the Redhea ...

Sebastian Stan and Annabelle Wallis—who first sparked romance rumors in May 2022—stepped out together in Cannes on May 20 for the red carpet premiere of Sebastian's new movie, The Apprentice.

Recently, I have also noticed a couple others: painted ladies and red admirals. Painted ladies (two kinds) are small, orange and black. Red admirals have dark wings with white spots in the ...