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Every year, monarch butterflies undertake a remarkable journey, migrating from North America all the way to central Mexico. They utilize a remarkable mix of a Sun compass and an innate biological ...

A guide to help road builders protect the habitat of the UK's dwindling population of butterflies has been published. The Butterfly Handbook encourages engineers to include features and plants that ...

Butterfly watching – also called butterflying – involves the observation and study of butterflies. With the main aim of popularising interest among the public, the Butterfly Conservation Society of ...

Scientists have finally located the 24-hour clock that guides the migration of monarch butterflies. Instead of being in the brain where most people expected, it turns out the circadian clock is ...

Alaska's reigning butterfly expert, Kenelm "Ken" Philip, left behind more than 111,000 specimens of butterflies and moths in his Fairbanks home when he died in March 2014. The delicate creatures, ...