‘Cryptic’ striped creature found on shrubs around eastern Great Lakes. See new species
The butterfly appears to be a hybrid between two known tiger swallowtail species — P. glaucus and P. canadensis — but because ...
Decades of data reveal hurricanes' unexpected benefit to rare Florida butterfly
Sometimes, nature's surprises come with wings. In a new study, scientists have pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine ...
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Endangered Florida butterfly species actually benefits from hurricanes, data shows
One of the rarest butterflies in the country, the Schaus Swallowtail Butterfly, is benefitting from an event many people ...
This Critically Endangered Florida Butterfly Has An Unexpected Weather Ally
A critically endangered butterfly that lives in the southernmost part of Florida thrives in certain years. Researchers turned ...
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Endangered Butterfly Thrives In Unlikely Weather Twist
The Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly lives in far South Florida and is incredibly rare. But in a surprise twist, more of them ...
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Decades-long study shows that this endangered Florida butterfly benefits from hurricanes
In a new study, scientists pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine long-term population trends of the federally endangered Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly (Heraclides ponceana). They found that ...
How caterpillars bring joy to a garden
Butterflies and moths look alike and are in the same family, Lepidoptera. Their life cycles start with eggs that hatch to ...
Dash misconceptions about double flowers. They are beloved by pollinators, add depth to landscape
If you have misconceptions or hesitance on double flowered Superbells calibrachoas, make this the year you try them.