Orange sulphur butterflies are very common throughout North America. They have pale orange and yellow wings that you have ...

DANIEL: He nabbed a yellow sulphur butterfly right outside his office in Florida, but he went way farther than that - the Andes, the Amazon rainforest, the dry savannas of Mozambique, back to Tokyo.

Brilliant yellow flower clusters adorn the Bahama senna (Senna Mexicana var. Chapmanii), and I am hoping to spot some amazing caterpillars of the orange-barred sulphur butterfly that it hosts.

If you plant host plants for butterflies in your yard, your dream of having a yard full of butterflies will soon come true.

In the last 20 years, one in five butterflies have disappeared in the United States. According to a landmark study published today in the journal Science, total butterfly abundance in the U.S. has ...

The Pink-edged Sulphur has a 2-inch wingspan, yellow wings and legs, and bright pink antennae and outline along its wings. During spring and summer, it is widespread across the state, where it can ...

The Old Orchard Beach students reached out to their state representative, Lori Gramlich, who worked with them on submitting a bill naming the Pink-edged Sulphur as Maine's official butterfly.

Since I know nothing about butterflies and moths, I perversely thought they would be a good subject for an article. It certainly forced me to do some homework.

A new study finds that butterflies probably originated in North or Central America around 100 million years ago. (Story originally aired on All Things Considered on May 15, 2023.) ...