People have been interested in butterflies for hundreds of years because of their bright colors and complicated wing patterns ...

Remarkable close up photos show a series of beautiful butterflies mid-flight. Captured against brilliant blue sky, the extraordinary images showcase the insects' allure as they alight on flowers in ...

Tim Wong really, really loves animals. The biologist spends his weekdays caring for, and studying, sea creatures at the California Academy of Sciences, while his days off are spent hand-rearing ...

A blue-purple member of the Plectranthus genus grows out in nature. - Sky Sailom Sangdad/Shutterstock Butterflies are more than just sets of pretty patterned wings and an easy at-home science project ...

Follow Bryan Pfeiffer – aka “Butterfly Man” – as he leads a group of butterfly aficionados looking for these beautiful winged creatures at Eagle Hill Institute in Maine. - Any day outside is a good ...

Butterflies fluttering about make your outdoor living space feel extra charming. Not only is it a delight to marvel at their colorful, patterned wings as they land in your garden, but, just like bees ...

Monarch butterflies migrate to California each fall to escape cold weather and cluster in coastal groves from October to ...

An outdoor exhibition of large-scale butterfly sculptures preludes an online auction to benefit two great causes in Westchester County. Notice something different about Rye lately? Through ...

Ocean acidification has taken up an unlikely mascot: the shelled pteropod. While “charismatic megafauna,” the large creatures that pull at our heartstrings, are typically the face of environmental ...

Have you ever walked through a local botanical garden and longingly wished you could have your own butterfly garden at home? As it turns out, it’s not too difficult to reimagine a butterfly haven in ...