The egg hatches into a caterpillar, whose main job is to eat and grow rapidly, often consuming its own eggshell first for nutrients.

For a naturalist, living in Texas definitely has its share of fringe benefits. The diversity of the flora and fauna that can be observed here is nothing short of amazing. One of the amazing feats of ...

In 1906, naturalist Albert Stewart Meek discovered a butterfly so large that it defied belief. Living high in the canopies of Papua New Guinea, the Queen Alexandra birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) ...