It’s a long time from late January to late May. The days are getting longer and we might see some different behavior with birds and squirrels at the feeders. Canine breeding season is beginning to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Feb. 20—It was early October; leaf color was proceeding as normal with plenty of yellow in glowing aspens. Many other trees were ...

Having an interest in butterflies and moths keeps me searching for caterpillars from summer till fall, and for the cocoons of moths throughout the winter. Caterpillars can be quite difficult to find ...

A thunderstorm loomed in the distance, soaking rains just minutes away. On a young red maple tree, a newly enclosed cecropia moth slowly pumped its wings. Freshly emerged from its cocoon, it has one ...

After viewing photographs of a mysterious object found in the woods of Hampden, several Maine scientists have arrived at the same conclusion: it’s the cocoon of a giant moth. More specifically, they ...

A cecropia moth was circling the ceiling in our living room one evening, looking like a miniature Chinese kite sailing aloft inside our home. The magnificent creature fluttering on a 5-inch wingspan ...

If you look carefully, that brown leaf-like item clinging to a tree branch during winter might turn out to be a cocoon. A cecropia moth cocoon attached to a fence — as seen in winter — as opposed to ...