The International Union for Conservation of Nature placed the monarch butterfly on its Red List of Threatened Species as endangered in July, but despite decades of declining numbers, the delicate ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A butterfly once thought to be extinct, the Atala butterfly, is coming back in Florida. The Sanibel Capitva Conservation Foundation said in a Facebook post on Saturday that the ...

Why Do Monarch Butterflies Swarm? Monarch butterflies, like other butterfly species and birds, must migrate to warmer climates during the cold winter months. Monarch butterflies are unique because ...

A monarch butterfly (Dannaux plexippus) flaps its wings in Piedra Herrada Sanctuary, Mexico. Might this start a chain of events that results in a tornado in Texas? Photograph by Jaime Rojo In 1961, ...

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. Entice butterflies to stay, eat, mate and lay eggs in ...

A rare butterfly is coming to Pearlridge Center. On Saturday, March 24, the Kamehameha butterfly will be part of the mall’s butterfly conservatory. Dr. William P. Haines from the UH Manoa Pulelehua ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Monarch butterflies are making a comeback in the Bay Area, thanks, in part to a warm winter, and also because they're adaptable. Last year, the population of the monarch ...

GRAND RAPIDS -- This spring, "Foremost's Butterflies are Blooming" celebrates its 13th year, but don't expect any awkward teenage phase. The perennially popular exhibit is a finely tuned machine, ...

I’ve been watching a flurry of butterflies visit my yard this year and have enjoyed seeing them gently rest on flower heads while they feed on the nectar. They devour the sticky treat that provides ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — They are the smallest animals. But they are essential to the health of our planet. We find them under the soil, hidden in plant life, and in the air. They are graceful splashes of ...