6:35 p.m. Jan. 26, 2023: A previous version of this story said the Palos Verdes conservancy releases captive-reared butterflies. A consortium of agencies, including America’s Teaching Zoo at Moorpark ...

Take your butterfly gardening to the next level by learning about butterfly behavior, like puddling, resting and basking in the sun.

There are some major differences between the monarch butterfly's fall and spring migrations. Here's everything you need to ...

Arkansas is a great place to spot monarch butterflies as it falls directly in their migration path! While monarch butterflies travel through Arkansas in both the spring (late March to April) and the ...

Monarch butterflies are migrating south for the winter, and birds are also beginning their migration patterns. A study from Southern Illinois University found that light pollution can cause birds to ...

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Thursday, Feb. 2. Some of my most vivid memories of growing up in Ventura County are from second grade — mostly thanks to my ...

There are many creatures on our planet with more advanced senses than humans. Turtles can sense Earth's magnetic field. Mantis shrimp can detect polarized light. Elephants can hear much lower ...

Male zebra longwing butterfly vision sticks to a duller pallette, perhaps for mating reasons. The genes that explain this may help unlock how differences between sexes evolve. By Veronique Greenwood ...

A blue clipper butterfly from Asia rested on flowers inside the conservatory at the Powell Gardens Festival of Butterflies. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star Inside Look is a Star series that ...

Have you ever wished you could see the world through the eyes of a butterfly? Well, scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have taken a leaf out of nature's book, quite literally!

Next to one of the world’s busiest airports, thousands of solo flights tend to take place each summer, hidden in plain sight. That’s because Los Angeles World Airports, which governs LAX, handles more ...