She looked up the name and found out it meant butterfly. The name had poetic origins, first found in a 1712 poem by Irish author Jonathan Swift. V was a poet, and had been writing about metamorphosis.

She looked up the name and found out it meant butterfly ... first found in a 1712 poem by Irish author Jonathan Swift. V was a poet, and had been writing about metamorphosis.

A recent study published in the open-access journal African Invertebrates provides insights into the life history and behavior of the endemic Cape Autumn widow butterfly (Dira clytus), a species ...

By rearing the subspecies Dira clytus clytus in controlled conditions, the researchers documented the butterfly's complete life cycle, from egg to adult. Two distinct pupation and adult emergence ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this ...

I have met so many good people of Petersburg, and I love the great possibilities that the city has on the horizon' ...

Now in its fifth year, volunteer-run TEDxBreckenridge is hosting an evening of 12 multidisciplinary in-person presentations on Saturday, February 15, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Riverwalk Center in ...

My guest this week on Poetry from Daily Life is Constance (Connie) Levy, who lives in St. Louis in a neighborhood of trees, birds, squirrels and other creatures she welcomes into her poems.

"The iconic monarch butterfly is cherished across North America, captivating children and adults throughout its fascinating life cycle," U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Martha Williams ...

By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...

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Whenever I read Ruth Padel’s work, it strikes me: the profusion of species. Her latest collection of poetry, Girl, organised in three parts, is no exception. If the whole book could be a single ...