East Texas is home to a wide array of fascinating wildlife, including the giant swallowtail butterfly. Known for its impressive size and striking appearance, this butterfly is a frequent visitor to ...

Q: How would you suggest schools teach the life cycle of caterpillars becoming butterflies? A: Monarch butterflies are the best known of California’s butterflies, however due to their population ...

Inside his Evergreen Park garage, Bob Erlich lifts the lid from a glass aquarium. Careful not to disturb the lime green chrysalises hanging from it, he dips his hand inside and gently guides a black ...

While gazing absentmindedly at shrimp plants in my wife's garden, I was suddenly aware of a newly emerged butterfly unfurling its wings to dry out in the sun. The small, quarter-size butterfly with ...

The butterfly species you raised in your grade school classroom and fed milkweed was a monarch butterfly. “People love monarchs,” Vancouver native Jeff Hill said. That’s because, in addition to being ...

When one species is genetically similar to another species, their populations can often be mistaken for one and the same. This is exactly what has happened with Papilio solstitius, a tiger swallowtail ...

There was an absolutely wonderful change in the weather two weeks ago. Gone were the days of oppressive humidity and scorching temperatures. In their place came days with highs near 80 F, lower ...

On a wooded hillside along the banks of the Allegheny River, Gabrielle Marsden brushed up against an oblong leaf: Asimina triloba. The American pawpaw.The deciduous tree bears North America’s largest ...