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It's the size of a 10-cent piece and matures under the guard of protective ants, but the purple copper butterfly needs more ...

Learn which host plants, cover and native flowers to grow so caterpillars, chrysalises and adult butterflies thrive in your ...

Every beautiful butterfly was once a caterpillar, and caterpillars have to eat. This may surprise you, but the average ...

A record number of one of the UK's rarest butterflies has been found at a nature site. More than double the number of silk ...

Higher temperatures may make monarch butterflies more vulnerable to parasites, according to new research from the University ...

While I suspect the majority of people here in Texas have seen a monarch butterfly, most probably don’t know that they make ...

A quirky New Year’s tradition with serious scientific roots fluttered back into action Thursday as the annual “Beer for a ...

A multi-talented resident at Dakota House, Helen Hogue, was once featured in several nature magazines for her former ...

While I suspect the majority of people here in Texas have seen a monarch butterfly, most probably don’t know that they make ...

Christmas is the story of something totally unbelievable. Normally, we talk about caterpillars turning into butterflies - weak things becoming beautiful. But on the first Christmas, the opposite ...

Despite the high stakes, the tiny caterpillar in the lab in Albuquerque, N.M., was not given a name. It’s the last known ...