Habitat loss, pesticides and disease have made those encounters increasingly rare. Local entomologists and residents are ...

Light pollution is blinding North American fireflies. Discover how artificial light disrupts their mating and how you can ...

The trio stalked slowly through a meadow high in the Sacramento Mountains near Cloudcroft, taking turns wielding large nets, a notebook and pen. They call out names like dainty sulphur ...

You’ve probably driven past the exit for Moraine Hills State Park in McHenry dozens of times without giving it a second ...

The rare double bloom of two plants, nicknamed Odora and Odorysseus, began on Sunday and came into fuller view on Monday The ...

Two smelly corpse flowers bloomed at the Huntington, drawing thousands of visitors to the rare, short-lived spectacle.

A couple of columns ago, I mentioned how the number of visiting bird watchers increases the probability of rare birds being ...

And it reveals a big problem with the nation’s approach to saving endangered species.

From New Guinea's infamous hooded pitohui to the elusive spur-winged goose, these birds use powerful toxins for defence, ...