The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes a while to reach that part of its adult life.

Natalie Krantz, an 8-year-old girl from Morton, Illinois, is using her creativity to sell friendship bracelets in front of ...

As I crisscross the county this summer to share environmental experiences with students, I can’t help but notice all of the ...

One of the true joys of assembling the Journal over all these decades is the connection it can forge between the Naturalist and my readers, some of whom have become ...

Launched on May 16, the half-kilo silver coin depicts a meticulously handcrafted monarch butterfly in Murano glass from Italy ...

Not all bugs are bad. In fact, some can benefit your garden. So don't be so quick to try to get rid of every insect you see crawling on your plants. Some are not pests. Many are actually hardworking ...

If ever there was a theme song for the natural history documentation business, it would have to start with that immortal line ...

We saw die-back in trees coming out of winter. In some cases, it is environmental stress from drought stress and winter ...

Chaos is awash with color — a meadow of native plants waving softly with the breeze and bouncing with the weight of busy ...

You can also make your feeders more attractive by turning them into a fruit plate for visiting butterflies. Add pieces of ...

Milkweed may seem like a weed because of its name, but it’s actually an incredibly important plant. The leaves of milkweed are the primary food source for monarch caterpillars. The flowers provide ...

Butterfly species numbers dropped 22% across the U.S. between 2000 and 2020. Habitat loss, climate change, pesticides are the main causes.