Conventional wisdom is that if you cultivate host plants, butterflies will come. Take, for example, milkweed. After declining monarch populations began making headlines in the late 1990s, people ...

It takes more than flower nectar to attract butterflies to your garden. Learn the truth about common butterfly host plant ...

A unique butterfly breeding experiment gave researchers an opportunity to study the physical and genetic changes underlying the evolution of structural color, responsible for butterflies' iridescent ...

BALDWIN -- The Karner blue butterfly is one finicky flutterer. Nature buffs won't see this tiny, ornate insect just anywhere -- caterpillars feed only on wild lupine plants; adults are found in flat ...

(WHTM) — Butterflies are known for their beautiful and symmetrical colored wings. With over 180 species in the commonwealth, here are just a few you may see throughout your garden, according to Penn ...

My interest in butterflies has been renewed after scant attention paid for several decades. I am building a file (small to date) of butterfly photos taken on birding outings. (I look for birds, but I ...