Learn which host plants, cover and native flowers to grow so caterpillars, chrysalises and adult butterflies thrive in your ...

Some butterflies embark on a long journey to escape winter’s cold if they can’t survive it. Monarchs ( Danaus plexippus) are ...

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If you have a sunny backyard and are thinking of a creative way to utilize the space, may I suggest a butterfly house? I once visited a butterfly house in Israel that was several thousand square feet ...

Summer is butterfly time, as the pretty winged creatures flit through the air like flower petals whisked aloft by the breeze. Ancient Greeks derived the idea of a soul, called a psyche, based on a ...

Every beautiful butterfly was once a caterpillar, and caterpillars have to eat. This may surprise you, but the average ...

Shervin Hess / Oregon Zoo Conservationists from the Oregon Zoo and its partners released 483 Oregon silverspot butterfly larvae in the coast range last week, marking the final group of the season in ...

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is critically endangered, with the last known larva living in a lab in New ...

Q. I have a hop tree for giant swallowtail butterfly larvae. It has whiteflies. Will insecticidal soap kill the butterfly larvae? J.C., A. Insecticidal soap will not harm people or animals, but it is ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. They are ravenous and ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — In a breezy coastal meadow this week, Oregon Zoo conservationists and their partners said goodbye to 381 of the zoo’s tiniest residents. They were releasing Oregon silverspot ...