Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House

Nearly 100 Antilles pinktoe tarantulas are the newest addition at Missouri Botanical Garden’s Butterfly House in Chesterfield.

Tad Yankoski, Missouri Botanical Garden’s senior entomologist and "bug dad," returns to the program to dismantle cockroaches' bad reputation and detail some of their positive attributes.

Tad Yankoski is an entomologist at the Missouri Botanical Garden's Butterfly House. His job mainly consists of tending to the site’s cockroaches, beetles,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, June 10, 2013: This time last year, the fireflies were out in full force. But after a cool spring,…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 27, 2013 - This time of year, no one would blame you for leaving the frigid Midwest and hopping…