You know spices are useful for cooking, but some you can also grow herbs for the butterfly garden to attract pollinators.

Clad in all kinds of ornate and beautiful colors, the butterfly is a winged insect that flies from flower to flower, consuming the rich, sugary nectar inside. There are nearly 20,000 species of ...

Fake butterfly eggs produced by the passionflower vine at the base of a leaf. The adult butterfly sucks sugary nectar from many different flowers, but primarily from tubular flowers that, due to ...

Butterfly gardens are a great source of enjoyment. It can be a perfect opportunity to work with children or grandchildren and ...

These large butterflies do not migrate like monarchs. They glide through fields and farmlands and frequent urban landscapes.

A butterfly lays an egg, egg becomes the caterpillar, caterpillar becomes the chrysalis, chrysalis becomes the butterfly. This unique metamorphosis all happens on the milkweed plant.

To improve conditions, park staff have increased plantations of nectar-rich and host plants like curry leaves and lemon trees.

AMES, Iowa — Kim Moss hunched over plants with her camera for hours in Grand Teton National Park this summer, hoping to capture the Parnassius clodius butterfly laying its eggs. She accomplished her ...

Monarch butterfly on a milkweed flower. Credit: Mark and Michelle Rogovin Monarch butterflies, with their striking orange and black wings, are some of the most recognizable butterflies in North ...