Turns out, instead of having bats to thank for the existence of butterflies, the groups we should actually be thanking are…bees and beans.

Long before we had cameras scientists still needed visual documentation—enter the science illustrator!

Long before we had cameras scientists still needed visual documentation—enter the science illustrator! Chapters VITRUVIAN MAN Credit: Leonardo da Vinci 0:34 ANDREAS VESALIUS 1:25 DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA 1:59 MARIA SIBYLLA MERIAN 2:39...

Who doesn’t love to gaze at a beautiful butterfly fluttering by? Aesthetically speaking, they are simply wonderful to watch. Wonderful, that is, unless you are getting a rare glimpse of pheromone laced coremata.

The Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve in Mexico is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that serves as a winter haven for millions of monarch butterflies. Each year, these butterflies migrate around 3000 miles from North America to this unique...

It's time to wrap up Pterygota, and Hexapoda, and Arthropoda all at once, by finishing off the insects. Here we will look at bees, ants, flies, butterflies, beetles, and more. These are some of the most fascinating organisms on our...