There aren't enough to block out the sun, but social media posts out of the Lake Tahoe area show enough swarming butterflies to get just about anyone who encounters them to pull over and start taking ...

One of Britain's best-loved butterflies has suffered a "quite frightening" decline in numbers this summer. The numbers of the small tortoiseshell - one of Britain's most recognisable and widespread - ...

Thomas Werner's journey from East Berlin to the Keweenaw has been a metamorphosis. His work with fruit flies is giving researchers an avenue to explore for cancer screening, prevention, and treatment.

Butterfly counts and flowering times shift earlier in warmer, low-snow years. Volunteers now lead Mt. Rainier surveys after federal research funding ended. Butterflies serve as effective indicators of ...

SOME time late in last autumn, a tortoiseshell butterfly took refuge in a small bath room in this house, established itself on, the ceiling, and there remained, immovable, throughout the winter. On ...

Retired teacher Larry Weber, a Barnum resident, is the author of several books, including “Butterflies of the North Woods,” “Spiders of the North Woods,” “Webwood” and “In a Patch of Goldenrods.” ...

Millions of butterflies are dancing through the skies above the Lake Tahoe Basin, delighting locals and tourists alike. The species is called the California tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) and ...

THE male small tortoiseshell butterfly is fiercely defensive: throw a stick nearby and it leaps up like a Labrador retriever to attack it. The aptly named dingy skipper is the ugliest butterfly ...

WITH summer truly under way in the northern hemisphere, now is a perfect time to spot butterflies and day-flying moths. If you live in the UK, you can help conservation scientists by participating in ...