Improved weather conditions this summer have led to butterfly populations recovering after the crash in numbers in 2024 ...

The main takeaway is that chrysalises are pupae, but not all pupae are chrysalises. So What’s a Cocoon? A cocoon is distinct from both a pupa and chrysalis.

Nigel Andrew explores what we know about these fragile flying insects, how to observe them and benefit psychologically and spiritually, and what we must do to save them.

Following on from ‘the year without a butterfly’, 2025 has seen sightings soar in the UK and across Europe.

I noted that here in Scotland the Butterfly Count had identified a 79% reduction in Red Admiral numbers, 62% Painted Lady and 74% Comma. The problem had possibly been exacerbated by the sunless ...

Butterfly numbers in Dutch gardens have risen this year, with the red admiral the most frequently seen species, the Vlinderstichting foundation said on Sunday. The findings come from the foundation’s ...

Looking like a monarch, it is smaller with a few more markings: a viceroy. My walk was short, but it revealed a dozen kinds of butterflies during this butterfly month.

There are more than 120 species of butterflies in Western Pennsylvania, and the North American Butterfly Association wants residents to keep an eye out for all of them at the 25th annual North ...

Four rare species have fluttered into view during my continuing quest to photograph the endangered Mount Charleston blue butterfly.

Elijah Nolan reached out with a small brush dipped in sugar water. A red admiral butterfly with black wings and orange spots crawled onto it. He lifted the butterfly near his eyes to study the ...

BOISE, Idaho — Zoo Boise has opened its annual "Butterflies in Bloom" exhibit, offering visitors the chance to walk among hundreds of free-flying Costa Rican butterflies in a greenhouse setting ...