The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes a while to reach that part of its adult life.

Butterflies (Papilionoidea) come in a remarkable variety of colors and patterns, from the orange-colored majesty of the ...

The rounded profile of a bird’s wing creates an airfoil, which generates lift and allows the bird to fly. But butterfly wings are flat. How do butterflies fly?

As they cross the Mediterranean, which extends about 500 miles north-south, favorable winds can help the butterflies fly faster or higher. One entire migratory cycle from central Africa to the ...

Is your heart aflutter with the beauty of butterflies? Then, after a delightful visit to a butterfly garden in Canada where I ...

Walton blames the use of herbicides and pesticides for the decline in the monarch butterflies. If cattle eat milkweed, it can ...

The striking insects are more likely to visit your garden if you've got plenty of bright and beautiful flowers for them to ...

Last week was National Pollinator Week, which celebrates the importance of insects, birds and other animals that pollinate ...

Amy Rose Perry always knew she wanted to release monarch butterflies at her Cape Cod wedding in honor of her father, Nathaniel Machain, who died on Aug. 5, 1999 when she was just 7 years old. When ...

Bride releases butterflies in honor of her late father. But they didn't fly away "It's a reminder that some of the most meaningful, beautiful moments are ones that unfold in unexpected ways." ...

Amy Rose Perry always knew she wanted to release monarch butterflies at her Cape Cod wedding in honor of her father, Nathaniel Machain, who died on Aug. 5, 1999 when she was just 7 years old. When ...