Examples of plants that different types of butterflies pollinate include: artichokes, basil, beans, cabbage, cauliflower, ...

It seems to me that the bright orange, black, bright white and light green and sharply contrasting ... Black swallowtail adults have no chemical defenses, but their similarity to a poisonous butterfly ...

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 ...

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 ...

The painted lady migration is under way. So far, the butterflies, with 2-inch wingspans and striking color patterns of white, black and orange, are not showing up in large masses, but in small ...

Iconic butterflies, known for their striking black-and -orange wings spanning up to five inches, are a beloved sight in ...

Among the species hardest hit is the monarch butterfly, with its vivid orange-and-black wings and one of the most extraordinary migrations in the animal kingdom. This month, eastern Colorado ...

Monarch butterflies have distinctive orange-and-black wings with small white spots. And it's those spots that recently caught the attention of a group of scientists. As NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce ...