One year ago, a team of earnest conservationists released a few dozen silvery blue butterflies at the Presidio, hoping they ...

A new challenge toward residents aims to bring 1,000 thriving chestnut trees to New York City. The goal is to help distribute American chestnut saplings and eventually grow the trees. The American ...

Protection by the state could prove critical as the Trump administration proposes new rules to weaken the federal Endangered ...

On the first warm Saturday of the year, Taylor Bakeman organized a seed packing event to restock The Discovery Center’s new ...

While there are several hardy varieties, including the maypop or Passiflora incarnata, many passion flowers are tender, ...

These cicadas, first identified in 1634, have lived underground for 17 years and are expected to spread from Georgia to Indiana, and eventually to the Northeast.

The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...

Some insects are downright scary when you get a close look at them, but that's not the case when you look at butterfly wings ...

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 ...

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Male carpenter bees lack stingers, and though females do have them, they are docile and don’t sting unless handled or ...

SATURDAY, April 26, 2025 (HealthDay News) — From beetles to moths, leafhoppers and butterflies, the world's insects are ...