Watching butterflies flit around the yard is one of life’s simple pleasures. Butterflies are not only calming to watch, but they play an important role in the health of backyard plants. Most plants ...

About 2,200 butterflies will spread their colorful wings at Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory’s annual exhibit. “Color in Motion” opens Tuesday and continues through June 22. Though there ...

I was strolling in a DeKalb County park the other day when I was delighted to see an apparent mourning cloak butterfly flitting about. Like me, the hardy creature probably was taking advantage of a ...

Butterflies are not only beautiful, but also helpful pollinators that are great for your garden, and there's an easy way to ...

Butterflies have been with us for months, from March on. With the longer and warmer days of early spring, the hibernating anglewing butterflies emerge and take wing, often on clear, mild, March days.

As butterflies flit among flowers, they don't all view blossoms the same way. In a phenomenon called sexually dimorphic vision, females of some butterfly species perceive ultraviolet color while the ...

The trust that securely entwines butterfly and human is gentler than a net. It attracts not just visitors, but also volunteers to the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, ...