Thursday, March 14, is National Learn About Butterflies Day. So let’s see what you already know. ∎ Did you know there are over 20,000 species of butterflies? ∎ Did you know that some butterflies live ...

The whimsical notion of a "butterfly's holiday" may prompt you to picture a winged critter hauling a small suitcase, the kind of tiny luggage created from leaves, twigs, and flowers. Stream Los ...

Butterflies are one of our most popular insects. They are excellent pollinators of a wide variety of plants and also serve as a food source for many birds.

A surprising number of our precocious young naturalists get to know their birds, reptiles and amphibians at an early age, some becoming real prodigies in the field. Seldom, however, do you find a ...

Delias sambawana, a butterfly that hails from Indonesia, at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace and phylogeny by Hillis, Zwickl, and Gutell When Akito Kawahara ...

Butterflies are amazing animals. They fly here and there, are very elusive, and many people are intrigued and enchanted by them and love studying and sharing stories about them. I also enjoy watching ...

Linda Auld is widely known as the "NOLA Bug Lady," as she has raised 147 species of butterflies and moths — photographing and studying the life cycles of these insects. For more than 30 years, she has ...

The latest count of western monarch butterfly populations is the third-lowest yet, after 2024 and 2020.