Butterflies are beautiful creatures that typically have magnificent coloring and are associated with sunshine, flowers, transformation, hope, and freedom. They play important roles in the ecosystem as ...

The butterfly bush is popular, but it's also considered invasive in many U.S. states. Replace it with this compact cultivar ...

A garden buzzing with life is a happy garden, and few visitors bring as much magic and movement as butterflies. These delicate, winged insects do more than just add a splash of color; they are vital ...

Cal Academy of Sciences and The Presidio join conservation efforts to bring blue butterflies back to San Francisco coast. Genetic sequencing links Silvery blue butterflies to extinct Xerces blue. From ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- An intrepid group of butterflies is about to help turn the clock back nearly a century in San Francisco's Presidio. Biologist Durrell Kapan, Ph.D. of the California Academy of ...

Butterflies have long been believed to represent transformation and change, thanks to the stunning metamorphosis they must go through to go from caterpillar to the winged pollinator so many of us ...

In 2000, a remarkable discovery was made in a refuge area near Corvallis, Oregon: the sighting of the Fender's blue butterfly (Icaricia icarioides fenderi), a species thought to be extinct. This ...