Nature doesn’t hold back when it comes to insects. While most people imagine bugs as brown, creepy, or bland, there’s a whole world of creatures that look like they were painted by a surrealist. Here ...
All of us were taught in our elementary school science class about monarch butterflies and their caterpillar stage that only eats milkweed leaves. Other insects also eat milkweeds, but they are hardly ...
From a distance, you might mistake Picasso shield bugs for little Easter eggs. But why are the insects so colorful, and what do they have to do with Picasso? PETBOOK author and biologist Saskia ...
I have a friend who has had bird feeders for years and is fairly knowledgeable about most of the birds that visit her feeders. However, the other day I was telling her about the warblers that were ...
A katydid changes color from pink to green to match leaf development, showing advanced camouflage adaptation in rainforests.
A species of insect that has been spotted across the country might be captivating for its beauty, but government officials are asking ordinary Americans to kill the bugs if they see them, and then to ...
Watching insects live their weird lives is endlessly amusing. It used to be only within the grasp of production crews with big budgets to capture such vivid detail. Nowadays, all you need is a Canon ...