Thanks to the engineers at Australia’s National University (ANU), the idea of flying butterflies powering the future was brought to the fore. Based on the wings of the Blue Morpho Didius butterfly, ...

An injured butterfly can now fly after a wing transplant from a dead insect. The monarch butterfly was brought to Sweetbriar ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Two nature questions that always get asked on public walks are: “Can butterflies fly with a damaged or ...

It's Butterfly Madness at Thanksgiving Point -- and that means double the butterflies free-flying in the conservatory. On any typical day, there are up to 1,000 butterflies in the biosphere, but an ...

Across the next few weeks, waves of monarch butterflies will flutter through Chicago, as the critters are on a mission to migrate south for the winter. For the best locations to spot the butterflies ...

The state of Georgia is home to over 160 species of butterfly, from the humble common buckeye (Junonia coenia) to the dramatically striped zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus). Many rely on native ...

Western North American monarch populations have declined dramatically in recent years, and captive-breeding programs offer some aid, but recent research reveals that these butterflies don’t fly south ...