Metamorphosis is beautiful. And inviting butterflies into your garden is like punctuating your morning with this inspiring reminder. If you could observe them closer, zooming in from the lens of a ...

Take your butterfly gardening to the next level by learning about butterfly behavior, like puddling, resting and basking in the sun.

About 670 species of butterflies live in the United States and Canada, visiting hundreds of thousands of flowers, drinking nectar and pollinating plants in their short lives. They bring excitement to ...

University of Illinois Pollinatarium Director Leslie Deem. University of Illinois Pollinatarium Director Leslie Deem. Tinthonia rotundifolia, Mexican sunflower. Monarch feeding on Tinthonia. I have ...

Audrey Tucker, 18, of Cedar Rapids plants butterfly weed at the Monarch Research Station in rural Marion on June 3. The Monarch Research Station, part of the Monarch Research Project, cultivates ...

Monarch butterflies, for example, only lay their eggs on milkweed, and milkweed is all monarch caterpillars can eat. Without ...

BROWNWOOD, Texas - A museum in Brownwood started a garden to help preserve the monarch butterfly. The Martin and Francis Lehnis Railroad Museum unveiled its new butterfly exhibit and garden dedicated ...

The beloved orange butterfly is imperiled due to habitat loss, insecticides and climate change. Growing certain plants along their route can help.

Last weekend, Salisbury had a hand in one of the largest natural migrations taking place across the U.S., and it happened in ...

When a warm spell suddenly falls upon the garden after a long stretch of rain, I am always thrilled to see a fresh butterfly blow through. Usually it is a red admiral or painted lady, maybe even a ...