This May has been overly cloudy and so I’ve wondered whether common signs of spring, such as the first leaves to appear or the first flowers to bloom, have been late because of the gloomy weather?

In 1976, a bill was introduced to adopt a Chinese mantid as Virginia’s official state insect. Entomologist Michael Kosztarab, founding director of the Virginia Museum of Natural History at Virginia ...

For Alabama and Georgia specifically, there’s just one butterfly — the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. In both states, it’s deemed the official “state butterfly.” But what made this two-winged creature the ...

The tiger in the Missouri woods is a butterfly. My picture shows a male eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly on the flower of a buttonbush. It has four black stripes along the shoulders of its front ...

With blazing stars, goldenrod, echinacea and asters in full glory — as well as gardens filled with annuals — keep an eye out for swallowtails fluttering between blooms in search of nectar. Similar in ...

As we moved through the long and near record-breaking winter, we may have wondered if summer would ever come. But here we are at the summer solstice, the first day of summer, June 21. It is also the ...

Video: A look at the Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail in Georgia. (WRBL) — There’s state flags and fruits, but in some states, there’s also butterflies. For Alabama and Georgia specifically, there’s ...