It’s easy to stop in your tracks when you spot a butterfly flying by. But what does it mean if you see a butterfly? If you've ...

Learn which monarch butterfly predators and parasites pose a real threat to their survival, and which are part of the natural ...

Their unusual diet of pollen—rather than nectar—might partially explain why members of the Heliconius genus live so long, up ...

Scientists discovered that Heliconius butterflies have evolved an extraordinary lifespan, living several times longer than ...

On the first day of a new year Lea Korsgaard, a Danish journalist, decided she would set out to see every species of ...

The only remaining eastern population of a rare butterfly lives on a military base in Pennsylvania, and starting this week, ...

From swallowtails to monarchs, each species requires specific host plants for caterpillars and nectar sources for adults to complete their life cycle.

Conservationists at the Minnesota Zoo say recovery efforts for one of North America's most endangered butterfly species are ...

A generation of rare silverspot caterpillars rejoined their native habitat on the Oregon coast recently as part of the Oregon ...

Scientists discovered that a familiar tropical butterfly is actually three separate species hiding in plain sight for more ...

Ohio's Hospice of Dayton is encouraging the community to participate in its annual butterfly release, an event dedicated to remembering and honoring loved ones. This special event will take ...