The state of Georgia is home to over 160 species of butterfly, from the humble common buckeye (Junonia coenia) to the dramatically striped zebra swallowtail (Eurytides marcellus). Many rely on native ...

This surgery was a total metamorphosis! An injured monarch butterfly with a ripped-off wing is able to fly again thanks to a first-of-its kind transplant at a nature preserve on Long Island. The ...

It's Butterfly Madness at Thanksgiving Point -- and that means double the butterflies free-flying in the conservatory. On any typical day, there are up to 1,000 butterflies in the biosphere, but an ...

Scientists have long wondered how butterflies fly. Compared with other flying animals, the creatures have unusually short, broad and large wings relative to their body size. Now, experts have found ...

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