"I am quite invested and trying to keep an eye so the birds don't get them." ...

When one species is genetically similar to another species, their populations can often be mistaken for one and the same. This is exactly what has happened with Papilio solstitius, a tiger swallowtail ...

If you discover caterpillars chowing down in your herb garden, resist the urge to squish them. They'll be gone soon enough. If they're eating parsley, dill or fennel, they'll likely turn into Eastern ...

At first, I suspected it was the deer that had almost completely defoliated the northern spicebush sapling I had planted just weeks earlier. Only days prior, it had been brimming with new growth, and ...