Although we’re in the middle of winter, soon we’ll witness the unveiling of springtime and all of its joyous colors: brilliant orange poppies, deep purple iris and vivid yellow tidy tips. And after ...

Even some 200 years after his death, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's scientific curiosity continues to yield new insights. This has now been demonstrated by biologists at Friedrich Schiller University ...

A recent global analysis shows that invasive alien species are linked to significant declines in insect populations and ...

Joshua trees' only pollinator -- whose evolution has synced with the predictably timely blossoming of their flowers.

Jutting out into Lake Superior is the Keweenaw Peninsula, home to Michigan’s Copper Country. This is where the earliest known ...

Vermont's Nongame Wildlife Fund goes to the conservation and restoration of some of the state's most at-risk wildlife — from bumblebees to butterflies, ...

New Zealand has taken great strides to protect the increasingly threatened Giant Wētā, one of the heaviest insects on Earth.

LSU AgCenter researchers have confirmed the presence of a new invasive insect in Louisiana sugarcane fields. The pasture mealybug was detected in Vermilion and Iberia parishes late last year, raising ...

Antique insect collections became exceedingly popular in the 1800s and early 1900s. They were often built as working ...

Joshua trees typically bloom in February and April, according to Jeremy Yoder, an associate professor of biology at ...

Female moths avoid laying eggs on stressed plants that emit ultrasonic sounds. Instead, they choose silent, healthy plants.

PISMO BEACH, Calif. (KEYT) - For a second straight year, a low number of monarch butterflies have been counted at the popular Pismo State Beach Butterfly Grove. "Unfortunately, we're looking at ...