Animals all face the same challenges: finding enough to eat and surviving long enough to pass on their genes. While there are endless ways Nature has addressed these challenges, it sometimes arrives ...

Late summer temperatures were still uncomfortable at lower elevations, but at nearly 5,000 feet the air had a distinct autumn feel as I enjoyed a late afternoon hike around Lake Cuyamaca. I paused to ...

A video of a hawk moth caterpillar was recently uploaded to YouTube by wildlife photographer, David Weiller, and the soft little creature apparently has some of the best natural camouflage of all time ...

Late summer brings an amazing insect to our flower gardens across the United States. It is the sphinx moth, also called the hawk moth or hummingbird moth. No matter what you call it, this is a large ...

Our region is justly noted for its varied laurel and rhododendron species. For most of us, year in and year out, the commonest and largest of these tends to be rosebay rhododendron. You don't have to ...

Is it a hummingbird? Is it a butterfly? Lubbock A-J reader P.W. of Lubbock wondered about a strange creature hovering in flight around flowering Ajuga and thought perhaps it was some kind of ...

One summer, I found a large moth concealed in the folds of clothes left hanging to dry overnight on the clothesline in our back garden. Mottled brown with yellow and orange markings, it was an ...

Early fall brings an amazing insect to our flower gardens across the United States. It is the White-lined Sphinx Moth (Hyles lineata), also called the Hawk Moth or Hummingbird Moth. No matter what ...

It is the middle of a warm summer day, the whine of a lawn mower is a counterpoint to the incessant buzz and hum of endless hordes of bees rising and falling toward the phlox, bee balm, Queen Anne's ...