If butterflies are the beauty queens of the insect world, moths are their drab and pesky cousins—or so you may have thought.

The high-altitude forest here is the perfect microclimate for the species, and it’s one of the few places in the world where ...

These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.

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The population of butterflies - the beautiful insects that play a vital role in pollination and the health of ecosystems - has fallen in the ...

See what a pearl crescent butterfly and caterpillar looks like, and learn which flowers will attract them to your garden.

But the third and likely most important driver behind the butterfly bust is the boom in ... little to protect them in nature. “They’re beautiful, right?” Haddad said.

There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth ... any of the hate that they get. Most moths are harmless, and some can actually be very beautiful – like the Choristostigma ...

“Most people enter ... process of metamorphosis at the observation station, even seeing the beautiful chaos as the butterflies are released into the air. Butterflies, bourbon and bulbs: What ...

Butterflies are the most systematically monitored insects in ... "For me, butterflies are important because they are beautiful and inspire us. They deserve to exist simply for the sake of existing ...