From swallowtails to painted ladies, meet some interesting caterpillars you might find in your yard — and find out about the ...

Butterflies bring life and color to any garden, acting as pollinators while also enhancing the visual appeal of your outdoor ...

In this excerpt from "Carbon: The Book of Life" (Viking, 2025), author and environmentalist Paul Hawken delves into the world of insects and the incredible adaptations critters like dragonflies and ...

Given the highly varied world of insects, creatures generally small and fast-moving, the type most readily recognizable to the general public are the butterflies. As you get more specific, the degree ...

Caterpillar, the company behind popular yellow-painted construction equipment, is considering dipping its metaphorical toes into the truck market. The heavy-equipment manufacturer revealed its new Cat ...

Usually working as leads for volunteer teams across Fairfax County, or working solo on project efforts, Fairfax chapter members of the Virginia Master Naturalists (VMN) are teaming up in June to take ...

Scientists have discovered that waxworm caterpillars can break down polyethylene plastic, one of the most common and persistent pollutants on Earth. These “plastivores” metabolize plastic into body ...

Can there be too many spring flowers? We don’t think so! Spring-blooming shrubs, like lilacs, rhododendrons, and forsythia, are standouts at delivering early season color and year-round garden ...

SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA - AUGUST 05: The Caterpillar logo is displayed on a Caterpillar backhoe that sits parked in a lot at Peterson Cat on August 05, 2025 in San Leandro, California. Heavy equipment ...

Diesel-electric locomotives have been barreling along America’s wide-open plains for generations, and the century-old combination of consistent, high-efficiency rpm diesel engines spinning up ...

The world has an increasing need for power, with AI as a near-term growth driver. Caterpillar is set to support growing power needs in more ways than you might think. Caterpillar is historically known ...