A reader responds to a Sun Sentinel article on butterfly depopulation by suggesting a variety of native plants that will ...

Consider planting a variety of beautiful host plants to support different native butterfly species throughout the growing season. This encourages a healthy ecosystem and contributes to the ...

These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.

It's butterfly migration season, and while many still flutter through Houston, some populations have been quietly dwindling ...

Stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) don't always have the best reputation among gardeners, but they are a crucial part of the ecosystem for many British butterfly caterpillars. Luke says, 'Host plants ...

Butterfly populations in the US shrank by more than a fifth within the space of two decades, according to a new study.

A new study sheds light on how extreme weather events impact phenological processes, specifically the flight period of butterflies and moths and the flowering time of plants, with implications for ...

The Karner blue butterfly is one of many species of butterflies that depend on specific host plants. Because the caterpillars only feed on blue lupine plants, they depend on hatching at the right time ...

Quino checkerspot butterfly larvae may undergo as many as seven molts prior to pupation ... On national forest lands the species is threatened by displacement of larval host plants and adult nectar ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined over the past two decades. Among the leading causes of this ...