Edith Smith bred a bluer and shinier Common Buckeye at her butterfly farm in Florida, but it took University of California, Berkeley, graduate student Rachel Thayer to explain the physical and genetic ...

There are about 750 butterfly species in the United States, according to the Smithsonian Institution, with the cabbage white perhaps the most common. Butterfly sightings in gardens are becoming more ...

Spring has just begun, and if you have a green thumb, you might be looking forward to your yearly gardening activities. As temperatures get warmer and the skies get sunnier, many critters will be out ...

The last two years, I’ve been planting common milkweed, doing my part to provide food for monarch butterflies. My focus has been on this one species, though, and I’ve recently realized that I need to ...

BUTTERFLIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY IS NOW ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST DUE TO SOME ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OUR STEVE KING SHOWS US WHAT’S CAUSING THE DWINDLING MONARCH POPULATION AND ...

(WHTM) — Butterflies are known for their beautiful and symmetrical colored wings. With over 180 species in the commonwealth, here are just a few you may see throughout your garden, according to Penn ...

A record number of one of the UK's rarest butterflies has been found at a nature site. More than double the number of silk shelters were found at Lydlinch Common this year compared to last year, ...

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 ...