Monarch butterfly numbers are flying higher, but they still have many miles to go. According to a pair of 2025-2026 reports from the World Wildlife Fund and partners, the population of eastern monarch ...

Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Two nature questions that always get asked on public walks are: “Can butterflies fly with a damaged or missing wing?

Scientists have long wondered how butterflies fly -- compared with other flying animals, the creatures have unusually short, broad and large wings relative to their body size. Now, experts have found ...

Think of a monarch butterfly, and a distinctive image pops up: black-and-orange wings, with a sprinkling of white spots around the black edges. Those white spots may actually help monarchs complete ...

Thanks to the engineers at Australia’s National University (ANU), the idea of flying butterflies powering the future was brought to the fore. Based on the wings of the Blue Morpho Didius butterfly, ...

POTTSTOWN – Developmental Enterprises Corp.’s Pottstown Training Center, 950 E. High St., celebrated its recent annual butterfly release from its garden. The butterflies began in the garden and grew ...

Attracting butterflies to your yard will be a breeze once you plant this lovely flowering ground cover. Better yet, ...