The monarch butterfly migration is one of the great wonders of the natural world. Every year, millions of them travel immense distances along predetermined monarch butterfly migration routes to escape ...

According to the zoo, “Early blue violets are the main food source for the silverspot caterpillars as they mature into adult ...

In Kerala's Western Ghats, scientists have discovered a new butterfly species, Zographetus mathewi, highlighting the region's ...

Young children are often taught that caterpillars form a chrysalis and transform into butterflies. However, the exact details of metamorphosis aren’t always clarified due to the complicated biological ...

How a career on Broadway led to 'Butterflies of the Bay Area and (Slightly) Beyond,' a comprehensive field guide for the ...

Butterfly gardens are a great source of enjoyment. It can be a perfect opportunity to work with children or grandchildren and ...

These large butterflies do not migrate like monarchs. They glide through fields and farmlands and frequent urban landscapes.

Monarch butterflies are noxious to potential predators because of the cardenolide toxins lacing their bodies, courtesy of the milkweed plants they fed on as larvae. Viceroy butterflies have no such ...

It's not just your imagination — butterflies really are scarcer than usual in Estonia this year, and monitoring data confirms ...

Both adults and larvae suffer from extensive predation. They are eaten by spiders, dragonflies, robber flies, and, as you can ...

Four rare species have fluttered into view during my continuing quest to photograph the endangered Mount Charleston blue ...