It's the size of a 10-cent piece and matures under the guard of protective ants, but the purple copper butterfly needs more ...

In a first for nature and the planet, an insect has been given official legal rights. The revolutionary move comes from Peru, ...

By Liah Continentino Florida is no stranger to introduced species. From green iguanas to Brazilian pepper, many non-native plants and animals have settled into our environment. While some cause little ...

Sulfur butterflies glide across Zorrillo Canyon, hundreds of them, moving back and forth against the cerulean sky. It's ...

Dr. Nathaniel Ward, a 19th century London physician, had a keen interest in nature, including observing insect behavior. When studying a sphinx moth emerging from a chrysalis he had buried in moist ...

Following the European Union's ban on harmful pesticides, a recent study has shown that bird populations are slowly ...

An invasive insect, the rice delphacid, is spreading across Texas' rice country, alarming researchers, farmers, and ...

The Natural History Museum of Denmark houses a unique collection of 70,000 pieces of amber from various time periods.

The Christmas Island shrew, a species of cone snail (Conus lugubris), the slender-billed curlew, and three Australian mammals ...

Meet a katydid that sounds like a bird and is as big as one too! It's even able to modulate its call to avoid attracting bats ...

Native plants not only help support pollinators but also filter out pollutants, help build healthy soils, and mitigate flooding.