The colour, design, and structure of a butterfly are really mesmerizing and beautiful. The intricate patterns on their wings are often works of art, and the colours are so vibrant and eye-catching ...

The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from tiny ...

A team of wildlife researchers and photographers has, for the first time, recorded and documented the complete life cycle of a rare Spotted Royal butterfly, scientifically known as Tajuria maculata, ...

A WFSU producer and his family raise monarch caterpillars, watch them become butterflies. Over the summer, WFSU Ecology producer Rob Diaz de Villegas found a few monarch caterpillars in his garden ...

Few adapatations are more convenient than tricking other creatures into caring for your young. Most adept at this bit of foolery is the cuckoo bird, which lays its eggs in other birds' nests; but no ...

IT HASN'T been a great season so far for butterflies but when weather conditions are conducive the Speckled Wood is one of the most common species on the wing at this time of year. It is a smallish ...

In a nature reserve in Rolling Hills Estates, Moorpark College Biology Professor Jana Johnson and a troop of volunteers hike through springtime mustard, on the hunt for blooms of red and yellow ...