An insect that seems untouchable may still be part of the food chain for the right animal.

Milkweeds have become an increasingly popular garden plant in the last several years. As the sole host plant, or food source, for the caterpillars of the beloved monarch butterfly, milkweeds ( ...

I was in the center of El Rosario butterfly sanctuary, part of Mexico’s Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve. Unaccustomed to ...

Monarchs traveled to a remote part of Mexico, a journey they've made for thousands of years, and wintered there. Now tens of ...

This week I bring you steamy tidings from my new backyard. This summer has been rich with wildlife sightings in my mini ...

The mower left two sizable islands of pink-blooming milkweed in the middle of our field in July, three feet tall and ...

Some animals survive not by being the strongest or the fastest, but by convincing every predator and prey around them that they are something else entirely. The lengths these creatures go to pull off ...

Michigan is one of two states without an official state insect. New Mexico already took the tarantula hawk wasp. Here are ...

Nature is full of incredible survival strategies, and mimicry is one of the most fascinating. From butterflies that resemble ...

The flower head looked odd. Pearly everlasting—with their beautiful flat-topped cluster of white flowers with yellow ...

“Plant a milkweed, save a monarch” is a familiar rallying cry among nature enthusiasts working to conserve this iconic butterfly. But monarchs are not the only insects that depend on milkweed. Several ...

The flower head looked odd. Pearly everlasting—with their beautiful flat-topped cluster of white flowers with yellow centers—had finally bloomed. And now the petals would dry out and hold their shape ...