Adding nectar-rich flowers isn’t the only thing horticulturists, entomologists, and the like recommend if you want butterflies to flock to your garden. With a few ingredients you probably already have ...

In 1906, naturalist Albert Stewart Meek discovered a butterfly so large that it defied belief. Living high in the canopies of Papua New Guinea, the Queen Alexandra birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) ...

The Fish and Wildlife Service will miss by well over a country mile its deadline for deciding whether to protect the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act. One year after its Dec. 12, ...

Almost 50 years ago, computer scientist Douglas Hofstadter predicted that a butterfly would spread its wings in the quantum world. Under the right conditions, tiny electrons in a quantum system could ...

Attract these pollinators with what you have on hand. Adding nectar-rich flowers isn’t the only thing horticulturists, entomologists, and the like recommend if you want butterflies to flock to your ...