Hallberg Butterfly Gardens have been thriving for more than 30 years in Sebastopol and this weekend will hold a plant sale ...

The monarch butterfly population in the eastern United States has declined sharply — an estimated 80% loss since the 1990s. Among the factors contributing to the decline: Loss of habitat, exposure to ...

Last week, on Earth Day, county officials joined with community sustainability activists in breaking ground on a new ...

"Hedgehogs can travel around a mile every night, so they may need help to get into and out of your garden. Try cutting holes ...

Trees give us wood for housing, business and transportation structures. Because we can plant more trees, wood is considered a ...

Japanese beetles are an unwelcome sight, but many other garden beetles are good bugs worth welcoming to your yard.

The story of Edward the Leopard was a delicate, even ticklish, matter. Edward had once lived a life of leisure, racing ...

Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, extremely rare species: carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars, that live in ...

Living within about six square miles on the island of Oʻahu, scientists say the bone-collector caterpillar may be one of the ...

But researchers have found that - like snakes and spiders - sharks do sometimes bite humans in self-defence. The odd insect ...

There are other meat-eating caterpillars that "do lots of crazy things, but this takes the cake," the study's author said.

Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat.