Scientists discovered a new genus of butterflies with dark spots on their orange wings that look like eyes. They named it after Sauron, the villain in J.R.R. Tolkien ’s “Lord of the Rings ...

On a warm summer morning, you’re sitting in your yard enjoying a slow moment, when a flash of color catches your eye. Bright orange and black wings dance through the ...

It landed on a flower about 12 feet away, just beyond the minimum focus distance of my big lens. Jackpot! It was immediately apparent to me that this was a black butterfly that belonged to the ...

KERRY SHERIDAN, BYLINE: A small black butterfly with wings just over an inch long eats nectar from a wildflower. CRAIG HUEGEL: You know, the thing about Atalas is they are so gorgeous.

The black swallowtail deserves to be chosen as state butterfly because it is “a full-time Michigan resident,” Meyer said— it’s the only species that can be found year-round and throughout ...