Young children are often taught that caterpillars form a chrysalis and transform into butterflies. However, the exact details of metamorphosis aren’t always clarified due to the complicated biological ...

Butterfly gardens are a great source of enjoyment. It can be a perfect opportunity to work with children or grandchildren and ...

Raising butterflies from the larval stage to the adult stage can be a satisfying and educational hobby. It allows you to observe the amazing transformational metamorphosis at home within the safety of ...

Following the results of the Big Butterfly Count 2024, the group declared a butterfly emergency, and this year's count will help assess the health of the environment. Appealing for people to join the ...

To improve conditions, park staff have increased plantations of nectar-rich and host plants like curry leaves and lemon trees.

Habitat loss, climate change and the use of pesticides are to blame for the population decline of monarchs, says Karen ...

Of the many insect species that visit a vegetable garden, a small fraction are pests. Slugs, aphids, cabbage loopers, and ...

A traveling exhibition resurrects Rachel Ruysch, an ambitious Dutch painter (and two-time lottery winner) whose intricate still lifes still stun.

Butterflies that independently evolved the same wing patterns have also evolved similar eyes and brains which are fine-tuned ...

Overall, there are reasons to be delighted about the summer of 2025. The sunny weather has allowed for a vital boom in ...

Both adults and larvae suffer from extensive predation. They are eaten by spiders, dragonflies, robber flies, and, as you can ...

Living with a Legacy When I came back in 1989, the IPKF had been in the country for around two years. Its presence according ...