Part II of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking 1962 series on the environmental impact of DDT and other pesticides.

As the climate warms, many species are shifting northward into areas that were previously too cold for them. A study, ...

The team fed tobacco cutworm larvae ( Spodoptera litura) a rigid belt-like nanocarbon called [6]MCPP, topped up with boiled ...

It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It ...

A new report, co-authored by Washington State University conservation biologist Cheryl Schultz, provides a roadmap for ...

We often come across small caterpillars in spring, nibbling on leaves all day long. A few weeks later, they disappear and ...

May 29, 2025 at 6:00am BST. Thousands of invasive caterpillars which are threatening native ash trees have been spotted at locations across Belfast.. The ash sawfly larvae are known to leave the ...

Monarchs are the only butterfly known to make a two-way migration, as birds do. Other butterflies overwinter as larvae, pupae or even as adults in some species. But monarchs can’t survive the cold ...

In trees, gardens, and even on sidewalks — people across northern B.C. are spotting dark-coloured, fuzzy caterpillars with little spots on their backs and wondering if another tent caterpillar ...

Maine tree spraying will kill any caterpillars, not just forest pests While not toxic to people or most animals, pesticides to protect spruce and fir trees against budworm could also hurt the ...

The paleontologists who made the discovery also identified a previously unknown Lepidoptera species and have named it Ampatiri eloisae.