A mouse's tumours, scales from a butterfly's wings and a smiling cross-section of a bracken fern are some of the incredible ...

In the rainforest flight area discover the beautiful Christmas Butterfly, also known as Papilio Demodocus. 27 December to 6 ...

The common African mocker swallowtail (Papilio dardanus) is one of the best in the world at this game. Females can mimic the wings of up to five different, more poisonous butterfly species, giving ...

Among the plethora of butterfly species adorning our planet, some stand out for their exceptional beauty. Here, we delve into ...

Although there are over 17,500 species of butterflies in the world, only about 4% of them can be found in the US, with the most often sighted being the cabbage white butterfly. Therefore ...

For everything there is truly a season and a place, especially when it comes to butterflies. As a butterfly enthusiast, who has photographed butterflies through the years and has even ...

When a neighbor ran out of food for her children's caterpillars, this farmer sprang into action and rustled up some proper ...

A wildlife charity has declared a national “butterfly emergency” after its annual Big Butterfly Count recorded its lowest ever numbers. The count has been running for 14 years. This year’s ...

An Italian father and his son have been fined 60 million Sri Lankan rupees ($200,000; £150,000) for trying to smuggle hundreds of endemic insects - including 92 species of butterflies - out of a ...

Cio-Cio-San, a.k.a. Madame Butterfly, first won hearts in an 1898 short story by an American lawyer, then in a Broadway play two years later before becoming immortal thanks to Puccini’s 1904 ...