The Bartram’s scrub-hairstreak may be small enough to fit on a fingertip, but it has become one of North America's most ...

Jackie Minett is a tour guide at Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, Florida, dubbed the “butterfly capital of the world.” She leads children and seniors, some tourists, some Floridians, around the ...

ORLANDO, Florida — After six years of searching, an entomologist has concluded that three varieties of butterflies native to south Florida have become extinct, nearly doubling the number of North ...

Some butterfly species are disappearing due to pesticides and loss of habitat. One native Florida butterfly that was thought to be gone forever is making a surprising comeback. Kerry Sheridan of WUSF ...

Tucked between Boca Raton and Fort Lauderdale, Coconut Creek, Florida, is a quieter take on Broward County—and considering the flutter of thousands of butterfly wings here, perhaps even an oasis. It’s ...

I need the help of butterfly gardeners throughout Brevard County who are growing Dutchman’s pipevine. I also have information for everyone raising Gulf fritillary butterflies at the end of this ...

South Florida’s atala butterfly, a quarter-size insect with shimmery turquoise spots on wings like black velvet, was assumed extinct in the 1950s – scrubbed from the universe by man’s plunder of its ...

A rare butterfly that was previously believed to be extinct is returning to Florida, according to a report. On Saturday, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) posted on Facebook about the ...

Swarms of beautiful orange butterflies are taking over the Florida coastline in their annual fall migration from Canada to Mexico to seek out warmer weather. Thousands of monarch butterflies are ...

March 14 is Learn About Butterflies Day. In honor of the holiday, here are a few fun facts, courtesy of local experts. Dan Dunwoody, founder of Butterfly Dans in Kissimmee, said if you’re trying to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Good news from The Butterfly Estates: The Fort Myers tourist attraction may have closed its butterfly house last week, but its ...