Swooping over meadows and pausing on blooms, swallowtails draw attention with their large size and striking colors. They get their name from the extended tails on their hindwings, a feature that makes ...

The Monarch butterfly migrates 2,500 miles (4,000 km) across Mexico, the United States, and Canada, but it is now classified as endangered, facing illegal logging in Mexico and excessive herbicides in ...

A zebra swallowtail butterfly at Splinter Ridge Fish and Wildlife Area near Madison. Submitted photo. “If you whisper a wish to a butterfly, then give it its freedom, the wish will be taken to the ...

There are about 750 butterfly species in the United States, according to the Smithsonian Institution, with the cabbage white perhaps the most common. Butterfly sightings in gardens are becoming more ...

A unique butterfly breeding experiment gave researchers an opportunity to study the physical and genetic changes underlying the evolution of structural color, responsible for butterflies' iridescent ...

Spooky season is in full swing over in Missouri. A biologist recently spotted and photographed a super rare white monarch ...

As we work our way through this marvelous month of May, it is hard to not notice nature happenings. Recent rains mixed with days of sunlight have brought dozens of spring wildflowers in bloom. Early ...

(WHTM) — Butterflies are known for their beautiful and symmetrical colored wings. With over 180 species in the commonwealth, here are just a few you may see throughout your garden, according to Penn ...

BUTTERFLIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY IS NOW ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST DUE TO SOME ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OUR STEVE KING SHOWS US WHAT’S CAUSING THE DWINDLING MONARCH POPULATION AND ...

Edith Smith bred a bluer and shinier Common Buckeye at her butterfly farm in Florida, but it took University of California, Berkeley, graduate student Rachel Thayer to explain the physical and genetic ...