The San Diego Zoo Safari Park’s Butterfly Jungle exhibit lets visitors get up close and personal with winged wonders.

Painted ladies are the ultramarathoners of the butterfly world—even more so than monarchs. Scientists have long known about ...

The outlook for butterflies in the U.S. seems as fragile as their delicate wings, as a study reveals the population of 554 ...

Consider what butterflies are practical to try attracting, or try to identify those you’ve seen in the area, so you can ...

The butterflies’ resilience shows that some species are capable of adapting to dramatic changes in climate, food availability and urban development.

A total of 270 caterpillars have arrived in Champaign County for 1,450 youths to witness the development of the “Painted Lady ...

Did you know that caterpillars come from butterfly eggs? See pictures of butterflies laying eggs on their host plants.

What you see here isn’t an animation from Pixar’s A Bug’s Life. This is a close-up of a swallowtail caterpillar, taken by ...

The eastern tent caterpillar, Malacosoma Americanum, is native to North America. Their populations naturally fluctuate from ...

For so many people, the classroom transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is one of their earliest experiences with ...

The scent of blooming flowers and fresh plant life is not just a perk of springtime; it is a key driver in the survival and evolution of butterflies and moths. New research reveals how the daily ...

Researchers discovered how a butterfly parasite has silently affected butterflies for over a century using museum samples.