Redditors are up in arms about a butterfly-hatching kit that was apparently abandoned, leaving the live caterpillars inside to die. The original poster explained that they found an abandoned butte ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Meanwhile, a reddish liquid spills out. That's all the waste the butterfly, née caterpillar, produced during its stay. Once its wings expand and harden, it's ready to mate, pollinate, and slurp ...

A caterpillar does this through a process that requires it to stop eating, hang itself upside down from a twig, wiggle from its skin underneath, and split itself open, shedding its former self.

A fun food-based activity to keep kids entertained at home. Create a colourful caterpillar, watch cress grow and eat the tasty results. Follow our simple instructions to transform eggshells and cress ...

Caterpillars grow, feed and then transform from a chrysalis to a beautiful colourful butterfly before our very eyes. This clip is from the series Wonders of Nature. This short film is relevant for ...

The Central American guzzler is usually one of the stars of the Museum's Sensational Butterflies exhibition, a gathering of live butterflies ... for predators. The caterpillars can absorb the toxic ...

An Italian father and his son have been fined 60 million Sri Lankan rupees ($200,000; £150,000) for trying to smuggle hundreds of endemic insects - including 92 species of butterflies - out of a ...

You could look for gifts that complement a child’s natural curiosities, whether they love to create art, grow stuff, play sports, make music, or get up close and personal with insects.

Caterpillars can get trapped on their food ... Butterflies return to former home after 70 years Butterfly enthusiasts flock to see rare swallowtail ' Extinct' butterfly species reappears in ...

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly ... infected monarch caterpillars don't make it to adulthood. Those that do can't fly well and don't live long, possibly ...