These shots from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why butterflies have floated into our hearts ...

It’s literally because they were curious about how it survived in isolation.) They announced the discovery in an April 2025 study published in ZooKeys. The curiously isolated hairstreak butterfly has ...

As spring makes itself felt in Israel, butterflies are once again taking to the skies. These fascinating creatures remind us of the importance of protecting Israel’s unique biodiversity for future ...

Monarchs doubled in population in Mexico; less drought helped. In South Sudan, a forgotten coffee variety offers climate ...

A new butterfly species, Satyrium curiosolus, has been discovered in Alberta. Isolated for millennia, it shows unique traits ...

Plenty of Caribbean islands are known for their beaches, but blissfully beautiful Antigua beats them all. With 365 beaches ...

(Photo courtesy of the San Diego History Center) What do butterflies and a nudist colony have in common? More than you’d expect. Tucked inside Balboa Park, Zoro Gardens looks like just another ...

South Coast Botanic Garden has long been at the flowery forefront of our May daydreams — or "Maydreams" may be more apt — ...

The popular "Butterfly Room" at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences will reopen to the public on Memorial Day weekend. The space is officially called the Living Conservatory ...

A viewer, Kim, writes that she’s very excited about her Miss Molly butterfly bushes, which recently got to her house. Kim is in the Chicago suburbs and wants to know when the bushes should be ...

More information about the monarch butterfly is available at fws.gov/monarch or on the North Dakota Game and Fish Department website at gf.nd.gov/wildlife/id/insects ...