Want to bring more butterflies to your container garden quickly? You need an easy-grow plant that thrives in pots and throws ...

Adding a gorgeous ranunculus flower to the garden, growing popcorn, raised garden benefits for the disabled and best ways to care for shamrock plants are all part of this column.

The entomology displays make you realize that insects are actually stunning creatures, even if you still don’t want them crawling on you at a picnic. Paxton Gate also features an excellent selection ...

Butterflies are some of the most beautiful insects. There are also many beautiful moths. They have three main body regions ...

If you’ve ever wondered what heaven looks like for someone who loves bugs, The Insect Asylum in Chicago is probably it. This peculiar little museum in Logan Square celebrates the six-legged, the ...

While most visitors come for the Gateway Arch itself, the park also supports a diverse mix of animals that thrive in its ...

My pre-K students always jump at the opportunity to explore nature, and they also love digging into bugs. I previously assumed that lessons about insects were only possible in the springtime, but that ...

Many insects live in fresh water, or close to the sea in salt marsh and beach habitats. There are also several species of water striders in the genus Halobates, which live on the ocean’s surface, far ...

These golden blooms are a common sight in a vegetable garden because they’re so good at keeping pests away. Marigolds ( Tagetes) are known to repel nematodes, whiteflies, squash bugs, aphids, thrips, ...

The great Mormon butterfly is one in every 10,000 butterflies who is half male and half female. Scientists explained this ...

Kim Frisbie writes that the island's gardens need native plants because native insects depend on them. Adding them can ...

Wildlife charity Butterfly Conservation say that if sightings continue at this rate, they will officially remove the large tortoiseshell from their list of extinct British butterflies. Find out more ...