Attract more pollinators with these flowering bushes that attract butterflies. You'll also get easy-care vibrant color to ...

Now that the weather is improving and hopefully no more storms, we can assess any damage from the earlier colder temperatures and even frosts in some parts. This was always my dread back in Scotland ...

The crafty caterpillar camouflages itself from the spider, which would happily eat it, by hiding its body inside a case it fashions from its own silk and adorns it with inedible body parts that it ...

Therefore, it's crucial to remove and discard these leaves before cooking or eating the stalks. Oxalic acid is found in many plants, but rhubarb leaves have an especially high concentration ...

Despite how much humans rely on insects, our actions are reducing their populations in many parts of the world. A recent ...

One great place to put a native plant bed is the base of a tree. It creates what is called a 'soft landing' for caterpillars ...

The head of one of the main relief agencies trying to help the people of Sudan says the situation in the country is the worst it has ever been. She says the month of April has been the bloodiest ...

Many moths and butterflies lay their eggs on these trees. The caterpillars eat their fill of leaves and then drop to the ground, where many species must survive for a time in a cocoon or chrysalis.

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Bone collectors feast on dead and dying critters caught in a spider's web and then decorate themselves with the legs, wings ...