The Appalachian tiger swallowtail butterfly is a rare breed: Some 100,000 years ago, two different species mated and their hybrid offspring gave rise to the Appalachian species, researchers have found ...

Every summer in southeastern Pennsylvania, I see several species of pretty butterflies in abundance, but at different times, prolonging the beauty of the butterfly season. Though they are here in good ...

Conventional wisdom is that if you cultivate host plants, butterflies will come. Take, for example, milkweed. After declining monarch populations began making headlines in the late 1990s, people ...

BALDWIN -- The Karner blue butterfly is one finicky flutterer. Nature buffs won't see this tiny, ornate insect just anywhere -- caterpillars feed only on wild lupine plants; adults are found in flat ...

An Arkansas study into Buckeye butterflies found that they aren’t just changing colors with the seasons, but changing the way they see on a physiological level.

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

My interest in butterflies has been renewed after scant attention paid for several decades. I am building a file (small to date) of butterfly photos taken on birding outings. (I look for birds, but I ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protections for monarch butterflies as future generations of children are at risk of never seeing one of the vivid orange and black creatures in the ...

The scientific name of a butterfly is Lepidoptera. Discover the classification of butterflies, family of butterfly, and more.

A unique butterfly breeding experiment gave researchers an opportunity to study the physical and genetic changes underlying the evolution of structural color, responsible for butterflies' iridescent ...

Next time you’re gardening in your backyard, don’t be surprised if you spot peacocks and zebras. Butterflies, that is. White peacock and zebra heliconian were the second and third most-common species ...

As monarch butterflies progress on their long autumnal migration to Mexico they’re easier to spot around here. Still, experts say, there aren’t as many of the colorful insects passing through these ...