The main factor that determines a butterfly is its clubbed antennae. Unlike those of moths, butterfly antennae consist of a ...

By the time late summer rolls around, most people assume the busy hum of bees and butterflies has come to a graceful end. The ...

Last month, government officials met in Washington, DC, for the first Monarch Butterfly Summit, just as the milkweed in the “Monarch Waystations” that are now ubiquitous across American lawns began to ...

Although every species on the planet somehow plays a role in maintaining the ecosystem, there are some species whose absence ...

Second, when I replaced the plants, I chose a wide variety of native species. Later, I found out that having a variety of ...

Under the cover of a layer of leaves, there can be adults, larvae and eggs of insects like butterflies, bees and moths.

Monarch butterflies, for example, only lay their eggs on milkweed, and milkweed is all monarch caterpillars can eat. Without ...

These amazing creatures spend their summers mating and pollinating in the southern parts of Canada and northern United States ...

The lack of data about insect life in Australia is already having consequences for plants, animals, and even people.

In early fall, the butterflies assemble by the dozens or hundreds on the South Shore before a journey of several weeks to ...

Nature has always amazed us with its incredible colours, and some of the most breathtaking displays which come from the ...

Spring never has been more welcome. After more than a year of isolation, spirits across the country are being reinvigorated by daffodils, birdsong and longer days. In the western United States, ...