Big, vibrant and abundant swallowtail butterflies bring a flurry of eye-catching activity to backyards across the United ...

An endangered butterfly that was once extinct in the UK has had its best summer in 150 years. The large blue butterfly is one of Europe's most endangered insects but thousands have been recorded ...

Famous for the striking 'eyes' gazing from its wings, this large butterfly can be spotted a mile off. Native to the forests of central and South America, the banana-loving species wears a disguise to ...

A butterfly once extinct in the UK has been reintroduced to another part of the Gloucestershire countryside. Some 1,100 larvae of the large blue butterfly were taken from other West Country ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

Some collectors shot large butterflies out of the sky with shotguns filled with mustard seed. The unusual ammunition was used to limit the damage caused to the specimens. The Natural History ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...