Some butterflies embark on a long journey to escape winter’s cold if they can’t survive it. Monarchs ( Danaus plexippus) are ...

Snow may have been falling Saturday, but inside the Bloomsburg Children's Museum, fluttering butterflies offered a glimpse of ...

The hotter conditions produced more potent toxins in the milkweed. But the researchers said that surprisingly, the parasitic ...

As summer draws to a close and the warmth fades, the flashing colours of the butterfly seem to dwindle from gardens and ...

When folded in rest, the Mission blue butterfly’s wings are grey and dotted with black — no more special than a common house moth’s. Unfolded, this furry insect’s wings are iridescent and azure, ...

Monarch butterflies are fluttering dangerously close to extinction despite a decision late last year to remove the orange-and-black insects from the endangered species list, a new study has found. An ...

Honeysuckle: A fragrant, sweet-nectared flower that butterflies love. Junonia: A genus of butterflies more commonly known as ...

While I suspect the majority of people here in Texas have seen a monarch butterfly, most probably don’t know that they make ...

It is now the late season for butterflies in Goleta groves, and the picture is dismal. Only two butterflies were recorded in ...

NPR's Short Wave talks about elephants' sniffing abilities, the remarkable migration of painted lady butterflies and a ...