Thursday is Earth Day, and if you want to mark the day by doing some planting, Anita Camacho, CEO of Little Red Wagon Native Nursery in Tampa, has a suggestion. "Native plants are important for our ...

After assessing the genomes of twenty species of butterflies, scientists were surprised to find that genes flow easily between them, even species that aren’t closely related. The work, which was ...

An international team of scientists working with Heliconius butterflies in Panama was faced with a mystery: how do pairs of unrelated butterflies from Peru to Costa Rica evolve nearly the same ...

Every year, countless monarch butterflies take part in an annual migration. They fly across the United States into ...

Many butterflies develop wing patterns that mimic other species to protect themselves from predators. While growing complex ...

Butterfly wing patterns have a basic plan to them, which is manipulated by non-coding regulatory DNA to create the diversity of wings seen in different species, according to new research. Butterfly ...

Butterflies have long been believed to represent transformation and change, thanks to the stunning metamorphosis they must go through to go from caterpillar to the winged pollinator so many of us ...

A new study by researchers at the University of Chicago and the City College of New York has identified a unique, genetic “mimicry switch” that determines whether or not male and female Elymnias ...

So you want to build a butterfly garden. And I’m sure you’ve scoured the internet to figure out the best way to do so, and maybe they’ve given you some ideas. Or maybe it was information overload and ...

The Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium has introduced a new butterfly habitat. The exhibit, “I Spy a Butterfly,” is a seasonal, walk-through experience. It will open to guests for an exclusive sneak peek on ...