Conventional wisdom is that if you cultivate host plants, butterflies will come. Take, for example, milkweed. After declining monarch populations began making headlines in the late 1990s, people ...

The Monarch butterfly migrates 2,500 miles (4,000 km) across Mexico, the United States, and Canada, but it is now classified as endangered, facing illegal logging in Mexico and excessive herbicides in ...

Nathan Morehouse wasn’t expecting to discover anything extraordinary when he started studying the cabbage white butterfly. Small, plainly colored, and common across six continents, it’s a rather ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The iconic orange and black Monarch butterfly has landed on an international endangered species list. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has put ...

There are about 750 butterfly species in the United States, according to the Smithsonian Institution, with the cabbage white perhaps the most common. Butterfly sightings in gardens are becoming more ...

BUTTERFLIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY IS NOW ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES LIST DUE TO SOME ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OUR STEVE KING SHOWS US WHAT’S CAUSING THE DWINDLING MONARCH POPULATION AND ...

(WHTM) — Butterflies are known for their beautiful and symmetrical colored wings. With over 180 species in the commonwealth, here are just a few you may see throughout your garden, according to Penn ...