Philly is not just home to birds fans, but also, you know… actual birds, like the Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay and Red-tailed Hawk. American snapping turtles and bullfrogs live in our waterways.

These hardworking native spring ephemerals put on a show while most other plants are still sleeping underground. Add them to ...

Bumble bees may overpower invasive Argentine ants in one-on-one fights, but those victories come at a hidden cost.

Like a duck that, on the surface, looks like it is calmly floating on the water while paddling furiously underneath, a bumble bee hovering over a flower may look like it’s not doing much to the naked ...

To stay in the air when hovering over a flower, bumble bees continually flap their wings rapidly, a metabolic process that ...

Dandelions aren't just weeds, they're important food sources for bumblebees, house finches, hover flies, numerous colorful butterflies, and more.

The world has far more bees than anyone realized. Scientists have, for the first time, estimated just how many species of ...

Suddenly, there are many small spots and sometimes even droppings on the car. It’s not birds behind this, but other small ...

This bright, sunset-colored flower is an important source of late-season nectar for bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators in USDA Zones 3 to 8.

Insect Catching is one of eight major hobbies in Heartopia, and there's an art to catching every insect in the game. Not only do you have to think about how to approach them, but some only show up in ...

The tree bumblebee is one of the first bumblebee species to appear in spring. Tree bumblebees stir from their hibernation remarkably early, in February and March. Here, we’re talking about queen ...