SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica - Naturalists at The Butterfly Farm in San José get used to seeing their presentations met with a lack of attention by visitors. EDITOR'S NOTE: Information for this story was ...

Iwokrama, which lies in the heart of Guyana’s rainforest, is known worldwide for its innovative approach to preserving tropical rainforests and creating livelihoods for local communities. Their focus ...

With youth unemployment being a stark reality in Kenya, it’s inspiring to find a youthful and ambitious farmer who seems to have diverted from the tried and tested modes of farming to engage in a ...

In Oklahoma by late November, native butterflies have entered overwintering stage. Curled up under a hay bale, hanging onto a ...

MADANGANI, Kenya (AlertNet) - For nearly 20 years, villagers who live near the Arabuko-Sokoke forest have found an unusual source of income: butterflies. Local subsistence farmers, trained by the ...

Researchers at the University of Warwick's plant research arm Warwick HRI have received a £295,000 Darwin initiative grant to develop a butterfly farming industry in Guyana that will help support 5000 ...

BIXBY, Okla. -- The main crop that people will find growing at Jane Breckinridge's farm is the kind that sprouts wings. She and her husband run the Euchee Butterfly Farm, where they grow and sell ...

Farmers in Tanzania are helping to conserve threatened forests by cultivating an unlikely crop: butterflies. The Amani Butterly Project is one of the schemes using butterfly farming to help locals ...

Even in the early 1900s, Southern California was setting trends and one curious craze in the region was a growing collection of unconventional “farms” with quirky features that frequently made ...