Moths do not eat textile, the larvae do ... But the moth’s developed an erratic pattern of flight many birds can’t follow. For the butterfly caterpillar, the main job is to eat and eat and eat to ...

Birds can nest in inconvenient spots like flower pots, planters, and hanging baskets. There are rules against disturbing ...

Native plants are more than just part of the scenery. They’re the backbone of functioning ecosystems — especially for native birds and insects. When these plants disappear, so do the species that ...

There is something undeniably joyful about watching birds flit between shrubs in the landscape or perch on seed heads in a ...

If you sat down to make a list of animals that can bite, which ones would you include? Your list would likely contain dogs, ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

“The decline of butterflies is a factor in the decline of birds and other animals,” Briscoe says. But there’s hope: We can all do things to ensure the butterfly’s future.

“The decline of butterflies is a factor in the decline of birds and other animals,” Briscoe says. But there’s hope: We can all do things to ensure the butterfly’s future.

PROF. G. D. HALE CARPENTER has recently published “Further Evidence that Birds do attack and eat Butterflies”1. I have read this paper with great interest, and while I am fully aware that the ...

DR. W. E. COLLINGE is apparently under a misapprehension as to the degree to which it is claimed that birds eat butterflies. I do not think that it is ever claimed that these insects form the ...