A white-necked jacobin hummingbird chick surprises scientists, scaring away wasps by mimicking a poisonous caterpillar.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections ...

Honeybees stay active during winter. They form a protective ball around the queen bee. Honey provides the necessary calories needed to keep them warm ...

Nine monarch caterpillars that emerged late in the season would have faced certain death had an Evergreen Park man not ...

Much of California’s Habitat for the migratory Monarch butterfly is gone. Wild fires have decimated groves of trees and plants where the Western Monarch winters. The typical flight plan of the Monarch ...

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, ...

Students at K.O. Knudson Middle School have successfully convinced Las Vegas Mayor Shelley Berkley to sign the Mayor's ...

A Conneaut Valley kindergarten class observed the life cycle of monarch caterpillars with help from a local enthusiast. Monarch caterpillars exclusively eat milkweed and go through five molting stages ...

I always delight in seeing monarchs, those orange-and-black beauties dipping and swooping through the year. But this year, I got to observe their magic up close. A few weeks ago, I noticed a small ...

MANSFIELD, Ohio — The Richland Soil and Water Conservation District is asking community members to collect common milkweed seed pods now through Oct. 31. Pods can be dropped off in the green and ...

Thank you to the D-NR for the story on Philip Haines and his work to rescue the declining population of monarch butterflies. “Butterfly Guy: Frederick County man aims to boost monarch population,“ on ...