As Sting might say, if you love something, set it free. That's a philosophy more and more wedding participants seem to believe in. Instead of tossing handfuls of rice like their parents and ...

The flashes of orange, white and black looked a bit like leaves scattering in the wind. Then Kent Yamaguchi took a closer look. “It was just an inordinate amount of painted lady butterflies,” said ...

Butterflies in Bloom continues through April 19 at Dow Gardens, featuring colorful butterflies, tropical plants, weekend crafts and extended hours in mid-April.

Sometimes, it pays to stop and smell the flowers. A photographer has captured remarkable photos of endangered butterflies flying off flowers at a nature preserve in the U.K., British news agency SWNS ...

If any time marks the beginning of the monarch butterflies’ travels across North America, it's the early days of spring. During the coming weeks, the two monarch populations will migrate as far as ...

Without moths, butterflies might not exist. "Most evolutionary biologists consider butterflies to be day-flying moths because the primary evolutionary ancestor was probably a moth," says Dave ...

A costume designer in Texas saved the life of a young butterfly by repairing his damaged wing and allowing the creature to fly for the first time. The woman replaced the injured wing with the intact ...

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 ...