Its 7-month development cycle is a biological challenge to replenishing the wild population. The butterfly is a specialist and lives in a very narrow ecological niche within Papua New Guinea's Oro ...

Nathan Kessel shares an encounter with one of the most unusual butterflies he’s ever seen. Born to Christian father and Hindu mother, TV star is now a Muslim, married Egyptian woman after divorcing co ...

The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus L.) is one of the most widely popular butterfly species in North America. We are accustomed to seeing its beautiful orange wings with black-veined outlines ...

Since most butterflies live a short time, fluttering between colorful flowers for a few weeks before dying, a few rare exceptions have stumped scientists. Now, some long-lived tropical butterfly ...