The most beautiful butterflies in the world: People have been interested in butterflies for hundreds of years because of their bright colors and complicated wing patterns. But the prettiest ...

Attracting butterflies to a garden is one of the simplest joys of cultivating a healthy, thriving outdoor space. These pollinators don't just bring movement and color—they serve an essential ...

Moths typically get a bad rap. Their young have voracious appetites and are targeted for eradication because they eat our lawns and vegetable crops. But there are some that are actually pretty and may ...

Butterflies, those mystical fluttering embodiments of divine grace and beauty, are back at the American Museum of Natural History. The interactive exhibit, called "The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical ...

The air is alive with fluttering color at The Butterfly Estates: low-flying white peacock butterflies, soaring orange-and-black monarchs, buttery yellow-striped zebra longwings, electric-blue pipevine ...

Nowhere in nature is there so much beautiful color as on the wings of butterflies. Scientists, however, are still baffled about exactly how these colors are created. One young scientist has been ...

An international team of scientists working with Heliconius butterflies in Panama was faced with a mystery: how do pairs of unrelated butterflies from Peru to Costa Rica evolve nearly the same ...

Discover the world's most stunning butterflies, ranked by beauty, including the Blue Morpho and Glasswing. They are known for their unique features, such as iridescent wings and transparent camouflage ...