A photographer reveals the astonishing ways these masters of metamorphosis can fool their predators and us. Photographer Sam Jaffe captures the delight and deceit of his subjects, such as this ...

For me, spotting a butterfly on a sunny morning jaunt through the woods is a sign that winter is not going to be here forever. And nothing is as lovely a sign as the mourning cloak butterfly. This ...

A butterfly is a flying insect known for its brightly colored wings and distinctive flight patterns. Belonging to the order Lepidoptera, butterflies are characterized by their slender bodies, large ...

On December 13, a rocket rose from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China carrying an unusual passenger: a ...

Every winter, a marvelous spectacle occurs as hundreds of thousands of butterflies travel south across Taiwan in one of the world’s most rare migrations.

Delias sambawana, a butterfly that hails from Indonesia, at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace and phylogeny by Hillis, Zwickl, and Gutell When Akito Kawahara ...

This Pennsylvania botanical garden features an indoor butterfly atrium filled with tropical plants and fluttering butterflies ...

Good news from The Butterfly Estates: The Fort Myers tourist attraction may have closed its butterfly house last week, but its approximately 400 butterflies all have new homes now. “I’m very, very ...

After being evicted in July, the butterflies at The Butterfly Estates have a new home in Southwest Florida: The Shell Factory Nature Park in North Fort Myers. The Florida Native Butterfly Society and ...