A brightly colored Mediterranean butterfly had long been confused with a common species. Genetic analyses have revealed its ...

Plant it and they will come. Believe it or not, it really is that simple when it comes to butterfly host plants. Scatter dill seeds among your lovely pink cosmos, and soon you’ll see swallowtails.

I asked my daughter if she knew how butterflies taste. She gave me a surprised look and responded with, “I’ve never had one.” ...

Monarch butterfly relative abundance—a measure of how common or rare the species is relative to others—grew by more than 1% each year since 1993, scientists found.

Scientists have named a butterfly genus after Sauron, the villain from the "Lord of the Rings" series, the Natural History Museum in London said Sunday. Saurona triangula and saurona aurigera have ...

The monarch butterfly, an unmistakable sign of spring, is now considered an endangered species at risk of extinction. The International Union for Conservation added the monarch butterfly to its ...

The first UK visitor was a female butterfly and was spotted at Landguard Nature Reserve on 2 August by volunteer Will Brame, ...

Researchers estimate they uncovered up to 20% more butterfly species than there were before their project started. They hope to uncover more in the future.

Monarch butterflies are completely reliant on milkweed plants to reproduce, and planting milkweed can support the pollinators ...

Horwood House Hotel in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, has opened a resort for butterflies to support eight native species ...