Snow may have been falling Saturday, but inside the Bloomsburg Children's Museum, fluttering butterflies offered a glimpse of ...

At first glance, the wings of this moth may seem unimpressive, but a closer look reveals an impressive mimic, from the perfect leaf shape and tiny veins right down to the broken edges. The orange ...

Honeysuckle: A fragrant, sweet-nectared flower that butterflies love. Junonia: A genus of butterflies more commonly known as ...

When folded in rest, the Mission blue butterfly’s wings are grey and dotted with black — no more special than a common house moth’s. Unfolded, this furry insect’s wings are iridescent and azure, ...

One of nicest experiences for gardeners is the observation of butterflies and moths in the garden. Years of natural gardening reward us with a wonderful array of plants that attract them until frost.

As summer draws to a close and the warmth fades, the flashing colours of the butterfly seem to dwindle from gardens and ...

Transparent wing patches may do more than allow butterflies and moths to hide -- they may also warn predators to leave them alone, suggests a new study. Transparent wing patches may do more than allow ...

Climate warming can impact plant quality, which in turn shapes the nutrition and immune defense of insect herbivores like ...

Threatened by loss of habitat, industrial agriculture and climate change, butterfly populations have been dwindling in recent years in the UK. Butterfly Conservation, a British charity devoted to ...

When butterflies split from moths 101 million years ago, it did not take long for them to spread from North America to elsewhere across the world. Florida researchers who wanted to figure out how ...