Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Atala butterflies – scientific name, Eumaeus atala – were once considered extinct in Florida. The colorful insects can be seen ...

Extreme heat, one of many symptoms of climate change, is making monarch butterflies vulnerable to parasites, according to a recently published study. The study published in the Royal Entomological ...

For monarch butterflies, life is complicated enough even in a good year. Now, though, they’ve got to deal with Texas. Monarchs in recent weeks have been beating their way south and west across eastern ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Monarch butterflies are making a comeback in the Bay Area, thanks, in part to a warm winter, and also because they're adaptable. Last year, the population of the monarch ...

ABILENE, Texas — Along highways, parks, or even your own backyard, you might have seen a couple of bright orange Monarch butterflies making a pit stop. Monarch butterflies have started their migration ...

Roman Gonzalez is the creator of the urban gardening blog MrBrownThumb, founder of the Chicago Seed Library, and a co-founder of One Seed Chicago. Entice butterflies to stay, eat, mate and lay eggs in ...

As the sunlight hours get longer and the temperatures begin to climb, I’m eager to start enjoying more time in my yard. Soon, I’ll be filling the planter boxes on my deck with colorful flowers. Last ...

The University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus offers the perfect habitat for professors and students. It turns out a rare tropical butterfly, whose survival as a species depends on a plant ...