Butterflies are less efficient fliers than birds, flapping their wings at a greater angle into the oncoming air and producing much more drag per unit of lift. But their erratic flight helps them ...

tropical butterflies. A twist on the classic pinned specimens on a board, his pieces are mural-like collages of butterflies that appear to be caught in mid-flight, an illusion encouraged by his ...

Butterfly conservatories provide a rare chance to see the colorful world of butterflies in their natural surroundings ...

The skippers make up a very distinctive group of butterflies, mostly small with stout bodies and very fast flight ... Long-tailed skippers are mostly tropical, but they’re also common in ...

and Central and South America take flight inside the lush, five-story Lena Meijer Tropical Conservatory. That includes discussions about butterflies and tips on how to build a butterfly garden.

"When you see some of these butterflies flying around with blues and the reds and oranges, they are not an English species they are stunning beautiful and all tropical," he added. While there were ...