Fall in the Lowcountry is full of orange butterflies. Many are Gulf Fritillaries (Agraulis vanillae), medium-sized butterflies with narrow wings and a graceful, gliding flight. Their color pattern is ...

The white spots on a monarch butterfly's wings may help it migrate, according to a new study. (Pat Davis) Think of a monarch butterfly, and a distinctive image pops up: black-and-orange wings, with a ...

There’s only one host plant for a monarch butterfly—milkweed! Choose native varieties for your area such as common milkweed, butterfly weed, swamp milkweed and showy milkweed. Create a monarch haven ...

The first monarch butterflies have appeared in the mountaintop forests of central Mexico where they spend the winter, Mexico’s Environment Department said Saturday. The first butterflies have been ...

The novel coronavirus pandemic has temporarily closed the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and forced it to take most of activities online, but it couldn’t stop the butterflies from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An orange-barred sulphur sits on a flower at the Natural History Museum's Butterfly Pavilion in Los Angeles on March 22, 2026.

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 ...