Butterflies, thousands of swooping, iridescent butterflies, are set to charm visitors at Butterfly Jungle, running from Saturday to April 15 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The butterflies have been ...

We enjoy observing the fluttering of butterflies and moths in our pollinator gardens, but do we recognize their differences, or do we assume all are butterflies? We appreciate these native insects ...

I talked about your question with my friend Allan Felsot. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. He told me cocoons are mostly silk. But they’re usually made by moths. A butterfly ...

Butterflies, thousands of swooping, iridescent butterflies, are set to charm visitors at Butterfly Jungle, running until April 15 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The butterflies have been maturing ...

We know about migrating species of butterflies, but they don't all fly south for the winter. Several overwinter in their home habitat and could use your help.

"How do caterpillars make cocoons?" asked a preschooler at the Libertyville Recreation Department Kinder Korner Preschool program. Moths and butterflies are similar in many ways, but their path to ...

Among the vivid green plants of a tropical hothouse, flashes of blues, purples, oranges and other bright colors flit in and out of the light. Distinctively patterned orange and black monarch ...