Willow trees prefer full sun and tolerate many soil types. Butterfly benefits: Several caterpillars like to munch on willow trees, including viceroy, western tiger swallowtail and mourning cloak.

Worth so much more than dark, lifeless industrially-managed tree plantations, we need to look after these rich ecosystems ...

A New Forest councillor has spotted one of the UK's rarest bugs while taking a stole through a green are in Totton.

Columnist Don Davis writes that it's safe to plant a wide variety of flowers and vegetables now that we have frost-free weather.

One way to encourage more butterflies to your landscape is by utilizing plants that serve the needs of all stages of the ...

Infected caterpillars are often found in soft soil under trees in mountains over 4000 m high ... Aspirin is made chemically now in pure form, but the original source was willow bark. Digitalis was ...

Beavers are often called keystone species because their presence in an ecosystem unlocks so many benefits. Their dams kick ...

The spruce budworm is a native forest insect causing concern across Minnesota’s coniferous forests since at least 1954.

Residents were stunned after thousands of caterpillars spun incredible webs on their street, making it "look like a scene ...