Swallowtails are large butterflies, so naturally their caterpillars, or larvae, grow to be pretty good-sized. Many have beautiful or strange color patterns. The giant swallowtail caterpillar has a ...

Monarch butterflies are among the most beloved insects in North America. They are brightly colored and unique, both as ...

Cuvelier, meanwhile, hopes to continue counting butterflies with his granddaughter. Ecologists will continue to need more ...

If a new proposal is adopted, the insects would become the most commonly seen species to be the subject of federal protection ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...