Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

Some passionflowers transform parts of their leaves into shapes that resemble butterfly eggs; mother butterflies, seeing the "eggs," move on to other plants to deposit their babies. Such mimics ...

A species of butterfly which is thought to have died out in England more than 60 years ago is showing signs of breeding in Kent. The large tortoiseshell butterfly was common in the UK but ...

Colony estimates at central Mexico overwintering sites indicate that monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) populations have declined over the past two decades. Among the leading causes of this ...

You can colour the buttercream at this stage. To make butterfly cakes, cut the top off each cake using a small serrated knife – angling the knife in slightly so that you make a concave cut.

In contrast, this summer conservationists counted 750,000 large blue butterfly eggs. From those, they estimated that around 20,000 butterflies flew, making the south-west of England the largest ...

At the national Monarch Larva Monitoring Project, which tracks the number of eggs the butterflies are laying, the counts are ...

Ideal for observing butterflies, this feeder will help you enjoy these enchanting insects even if you don't have a big garden or the time or resources to grow butterfly-friendly plants ... which makes ...

Once the butterfly lays eggs on your beloved citrus tree leaves, the larvae hatch and immediately feed on the plant's foliage ...

After Hurricane Andrew ripped through South Florida in 1992, the already-scarce Miami blue butterfly almost went extinct: No one recorded a single sighting for years. Finally, in 1999, a cheer went up ...

A butterfly is just one of the creatures that might end up emerging from a chrysalis or a pupa. Butterflies and caterpillars frequently host parasitoids, insects that attack and destroy their hosts, ...