Butterflies are a common, and usually, welcome sight in any garden. Whether you're curious about the type of butterfly ...

July is a month of maturing. The growth that was so prevalent last month now reaches the next step. Bird nests that held eggs (and then nestlings) are now abandoned as the young, wearing coats of ...

Need courage? Look to butterflies. They live their short lives to the fullest after completely transforming themselves from a crawling caterpillar to a winged work of art. Some migrate hundreds of ...

A former Ph.D. student at the University of York has used records from museum collections and citizen science projects to ...

Research from UChicago dissects how a single genetic switch helps butterflies mimic wing patterns of other species to protect ...

David Droppers wouldn’t want to live in a world without butterflies. The 31-year-old naturalist and biologist from Lynnwood has studied the colorful insects for more than a decade. As a volunteer with ...

The xerces butterfly was one of the first insect species to go instinct in North America as a result of humans. Read here to learn more.