A New Book About Butterflies Sprinkles Magic Around the Bay
San Francisco and nearby counties host 135 butterfly species, many observable within the city, connecting personal illness to renewed engagement with nature.
More than 670 individual butterflies have been recorded at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew since April, indicating a significant increase over previous records at this site.
Week in wildlife: an orphaned sloth bear, swimming hippos and cheeky New Forest donkeys
One five-month-old sloth bear cub named Jenny was found clinging to her deceased mother, a victim of human-wildlife conflict in India, highlighting urgent conservation needs.
Scientists identify new 'curiously isolated' butterfly species
For now, the Curiously Isolated Hairstreak reminds us that even the smallest and most overlooked species can hold extraordinary scientific and conservation significance.