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Life Cycle of a Pipevine Swallowtail Butterfly

The pipevine swallowtail butterfly, Battus philenor, is a relatively small black swallowtail with gorgeous, iridescent blue scaling.

Biology Zoology

Everything you didn’t realize you wanted to know about fire ants. Learn more in this video from the team at Be Smart.

Are we headed toward a future with no bees? Declining Bee Populations Revisited covers what we know about bee hive collapse and recovery.