Migratory monarchs increasingly face pressure from climate change, habitat loss, pesticides and herbicides. Such threats are pushing these butterflies towards extinction.
Migratory monarchs increasingly face pressure from climate change, habitat loss, pesticides and herbicides. Such threats are pushing these butterflies towards extinction.
Generally, we know very little about the world’s insects – creatures such as beetles, bugs, and butterflies – when compared to mammals and birds.
Snakes are cool animals that play vitally important roles in our everyday lives, even though few of us may ever notice them.
Most of the planet’s oxygen comes from the ocean. So it’s fitting that the United Nations refers to our ocean as the “lungs of the Earth.”
World Parrot Day celebrates the diversity of these intelligent, colorful birds and raises awareness of conservation needs.
Choosing native species to plant in your garden can increase the local biodiversity, not only of plants, but also animals.