Some passionflowers transform parts of their leaves into shapes that resemble butterfly eggs; mother butterflies, seeing the "eggs," move on to other plants to deposit their babies. Such mimics ...

Butterflies also go through a lot of changes during their life cycle. The female butterfly lays her eggs on a leaf, out of which hatches a larva or caterpillar. The caterpillar feeds on the leaves ...

The 50th rendition of the annual competition showcases butterfly wings on the tips of needles and cells from mouse brains.

The winners of the 2024 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Contest bring an incredible look at the miniature details that ...

There's more to the journey of monarch butterflies than you may know. Study this monarch migration map to see the route the ...

• Keep fallen leaves in your yard. Spread them about 2 inches thick on all your garden beds and place branches over them to ...

We saw this butterfly on a leaf in our garden ... The summer one, which you have here, lays eggs on ivy. These eggs hatch out into caterpillars, feed on the ivy flowers and overwinter as chrysalises.

A butterfly is just one of the creatures that might end up emerging from a chrysalis or a pupa. Butterflies and caterpillars frequently host parasitoids, insects that attack and destroy their hosts, ...

Each year, rigorous science and dazzling artistry meet in Nikon's "Small World" photomicrography competition. See the 2024 ...

Butterfly Conservation has some spooky half term activities for the kids - with moth traps, masks, and more bug-based fun.

In contrast, this summer conservationists counted 750,000 large blue butterfly eggs. From those, they estimated that around 20,000 butterflies flew, making the south-west of England the largest ...

Pollen contains much more protein than can be found in normal butterfly diets. The extra nutrients allow zebra butterflies to lay more eggs and survive far longer than other species ... As ...