The number of monarch butterflies spending winter in the western U.S. dropped dramatically this year, despite moves to extend ...

Encountering a butterfly can bring you great comfort after the death of a loved one. Many believe they bring communication ...

For example, the owl butterfly has contrasting blue and orange scales on the upperside.' Another popular technique, known as aposematism, is for a butterfly to advertise its toxicity to predators by ...

Butterflies come in almost all colors of the rainbow including red, orange, yellow, blue, purple, black, and white. As mentioned above, butterflies are a symbol of personal growth and ...

After Hurricane Andrew ripped through South Florida in 1992, the already-scarce Miami blue butterfly almost went extinct: No one recorded a single sighting for years. Finally, in 1999, a cheer went up ...

The Miami blue is a small butterfly with a wingspan of only about an inch. Males are bright, metallic blue dorsally, while females are primarily dark gray with blue scaling toward the wing bases and ...