An invasive spongy moth, already detected in Mower County, threatens over 300 tree and shrub species as Minnesota officials ...

Should you ever find yourself playing a trivia game on the topic of moths and butterflies, here are a few facts that might ...

Some butterfly species can’t grow unless they trick ants into taking them home with a complex rhythmic signal.

Research from the University of Warwick has revealed that butterfly caterpillars use sophisticated rhythmic signals to communicate with ants, helping them gain protection, food, and access to ant ...

It was early October; leaf color was proceeding as normal with plenty of yellow in glowing aspens. Many other trees were also in this transition, and my backyard walk was in a pleasant mild ...

The monarch butterfly will not be saved by speeches or social media likes alone. It will be saved when communities decide to ...

Trees are not passive bystanders but actively sense and respond to threats. They detect insect and animal attacks through ...

The poster found two more of the big galoot's friends using that method. Gardener double takes after picking up what they thought was one of their peppers: 'Stuff of my nightmares' first appeared on ...

This important study shows that different forms and mixtures of cardenolide toxins in tropical milkweed, especially nitrogen- and sulfur-containing types, change how monarch caterpillars eat, grow, ...

A monarch butterfly lands on milkweed at Sun Valley Elementary School in San Rafael on July 29. (Sherry LaVars/Marin Independent Journal) Caterpillars eat milkweed leaves. (AP Photo/Herald Times ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The box tree moth has become a major pest in Europe and was first detected in the U.S. in 2021 in New York by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health ...