Butterflies will visit lots of flowers, but there are a select few that specifically attract them. Learn which ones to plant ...

Still others stack their eggs in little towers. Butterfly eggs can be round, ovoid, or shaped like little grains of rice. They can be red, yellow, green, white, cream, and more. The zebra longwing ...

The monarch butterfly population in the eastern United States has declined sharply — an estimated 80% loss since the 1990s. Among the factors contributing to the decline: Loss of habitat, exposure to ...

Butterflies, beloved symbols of transformation and the health of many ecosystems, are quietly vanishing from landscapes ...

After Hurricane Andrew ripped through South Florida in 1992, the already-scarce Miami blue butterfly almost went extinct: No one recorded a single sighting for years. Finally, in 1999, a cheer went up ...

Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue butterfly has a short but stunning life. It is thought that the colour helps the males to mark their ...

From this spring, however, the ratio of fertilized eggs decreased dramatically and ... s red list on endangered species, the Ogasawara blue butterfly was categorized as “Critically Endangered ...