These summer monarchs live for only weeks ... The researchers also looked at white spots on closely related butterfly species that either don't migrate or only semi-migrate.

Butterflies are colorful, delicate, and graceful creatures that bring beauty to the world. They are also exciting to watch as ...

Slugs munch on seedlings. Aphids suck the juices from any number of plants. And that white butterfly you see fluttering around? It’s a cabbage white butterfly that lays eggs that turn into ...

“Gardeners can plant certain plants which will attract white butterflies to lay their eggs there, including nasturtium, honesty and sweet rocket,” he says. “Nasturtiums flower later in ...

Each year around mid-summer, somewhere between December and mid-January, the skies of South Africa's Gauteng province, including the city of Johannesburg, fill with small white butterflies.

Wodonga Landcare Project Officer and citizen scientist Karen Retra said the white butterflies with the black dots are cabbage white butterflies. Ms Retra said the introduced species played a vital ...

Idaho Fish and Game is looking for volunteers to survey milkweed patches and count monarch butterflies across the state this ...

Summer is prime butterfly season. Butterflies are cold-blooded, meaning their body temperatures are the same as the surrounding air.