Monarch butterfly migration is a long journey. Learn how these amazing butterflies make the trip, where monarchs migrate to ...

The iconic orange-and-black butterflies may be on the verge of collapse, after scientists documented a troubling decline this ...

In a good year, about 100 monarch butterflies will be born in Susie Vanderlip’s garden. This year, she only had about 25 healthy ones. There were at least another 25 that were born, but were crippled ...

Spring is a beautiful season for many reasons, but perhaps the most magical part of this time is the abundance of butterfly ...

Like weekend bar-hoppers, bay checkerspot butterflies move from place to place until they find a crowd that entices them to stick around. A team of local butterfly experts is on a mission to persuade ...

Butterfly counters combing the bluffs, fields and foothills of Orange County are finding them emptier of normally abundant species than at any time in at least two decades. “We’re just not finding ...

Is that something a bird left behind? No, it's an orange dog caterpillar, the larvae of the Giant Swallowtail butterfly, which is native to our area. Believe it or not, that caterpillar is about to ...