Archimedes Notebook

Got an eye for monarchs? The Xerces Society among other partners invites you to join a weeklong International Monarch Monitoring Blitz begin...

There are so many fun books about butterflies, beetles, and all other six-leggeds that I have a hard time keeping up! Here are three that cr...

Butterfly Tree By Sandra Markle; illustrated by Leslie Wu 32 pages, ages 4 – 8 Peachtree Publishers, 2011 This weekend ma...

If you're looking for some books that encourage young children to get out and explore nature, you might want to check out some of these...

Last month a monarch caterpillar found a nice cozy spot under a cabbage leaf and decided to pupate there. It walked a fair distance before ...

Monarch laying an egg (photo by Rick Bunting) Back in 2007  Jim Edson, from the University of Arkansas counted and came up with 326 . O...