Aug. 6—Butterflies have invaded the Freeborn County Fair as part of a new exhibit. "You can come in and feed live butterflies," said Annette Holt, a staff member of the Butterfly Encounter running the ...

In high enough concentrations, milkweed can kill a horse, or a human. To be able to eat this plant, monarchs evolved a set of unusual cellular mutations. New research shows the animals that prey on ...

Metamorphosis is beautiful. And inviting butterflies into your garden is like punctuating your morning with this inspiring reminder. If you could observe them closer, zooming in from the lens of a ...

Butterflies make us happy. British naturalist Sir David Attenborough, in a long lifetime of exploring every corner of our planet, has seen it all. Yet he noted that “a few precious moments spent ...

Butterfly lovers were able to get an up close look at the insect and even feed them during a butterfly feeding on July 23 inside the butterfly house at Miller Nature Preserve in Avon. Families with ...