Butterflies are beautiful creatures that typically have magnificent coloring and are associated with sunshine, flowers, transformation, hope, and freedom. They play important roles in the ecosystem as ...

person looking at butterfly in garden with flowers - Katrin_timoff/Getty Images There's nothing quite like the wildlife that flocks to your garden during the warmer months of the year. Those melodic ...

A large international team has genetically mapped glasswing butterflies found across Central and South America, rewriting the evolutionary tree and highlighting six new species. The team includes ...

Will YOU take part in the Big Butterfly Count 2026? Little says summer more than a garden in bloom with butterflies flitting from flower to flower. But butterflies aren’t just b ...

Monarchs have left Texas, but zinnias, lantana, milkweed and passion vine can still attract butterflies and support ...

If evolution was originally depicted as a tree, with different species branching off as new blooms, then new research shows how the branches may actually be more entangled. In "Hybrid speciation ...

Most butterflies survive just a few weeks on the wing, burning through life at full speed before vanishing. But a group of tropical species has quietly broken that rule, and the secret involves an ...

Monarch butterflies are among the most beloved insects in North America. They are brightly colored and unique, both as caterpillars and later as mature insects. Monarchs are found in every U.S. state ...

In just 26 years, the distribution of rare butterflies has plummeted by 72% in Eastern Denmark. Several species are threatened with extinction, yet the conservation actions aiming to safeguard species ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monarch butterfly rests at a home in Whittier. (Christina House/Los Angeles Times) Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday moved ...