What you plant — and what you avoid — in the backyard can make a difference to your local butterfly population.

This means that for every five butterflies you might have seen in your garden two decades ago, there are now only four. The ...

These late-blooming plants native to North America help feed butterflies — especially monarchs-— at a crucial point.

A study compiled data from more than 76,000 butterfly surveys across the continental U.S. The declines seen in the last 20 ...

Q: I learned about some local butterflies that spend the winter as adults, coming out in early spring. What can I grow to feed them? A: Some of our earliest-flying butterflies can be seen on mild ...

founder of a website that sells milkweed seeds and plants for monarch butterflies to feed from and lay their eggs on. The number of butterflies in the United States from 2000 to 2020 declined 22% ...

The owl butterfly may be beautiful, but looks can be deceptive: in reality the species is something of a hooligan. The juice guzzler loves nothing more than a day feeding on fermented fruit and ...