These portable science labs allow young children to investigate the world around them, all year long.

Angus obtains the insects for her work through dealers who specialize in exotic specimens sought by collectors and reuses them repeatedly. So often, in fact, that she can recognize certain individuals ...

Echoes from the Loafers’ Club Meeting It’s a sad thing. Email newsletter signup Sign up for our daily email newsletter What’s that? All I’ve saved for a rainy day is the umbrella I lost. Driving by ...

Like a modern-day Henry David Thoreau, writer and self-reliance guru Tamara Dean set out early in this century to make a home ...

Stone State Park sits on the edge of the Loess Hills, creating this amazing view. The park covers over 1,000 acres of some of the most unique landscape in Iowa. Rolling hills covered in prairie ...

Stone State Park sits on the edge of the Loess Hills, creating this amazing contrast. The park covers over 1,000 acres of some of the most unique landscape in Iowa. Rolling hills covered in prairie ...

It was revealed that 2024 was the fifth-worst year on record for butterflies, with 51 of the UK’s 59 species declining. It was also the worst year on record for species like the small tortoiseshell, ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, Yale researchers were able to create a global map of butterfly diversity “hot-spots.” These ...

From 2000 to 2020, the number of butterflies fell by 22% across the continental United States. That’s 1 in 5 butterflies lost. The findings are from an analysis just published in the journal Science ...

Even Jim Lotz, one of the Safari Park’s wildlife care specialists, could not stifle a giggle as one of the iridescent blue butterflies landed on his ear. A blue morpho butterfly lands on Jim ...

It was also the second-worst year, since monitoring started in 1976, for popular butterflies living in gardens, parks and the countryside such as the common blue, gatekeeper and large whites.