Butterflies are fragile and vulnerable to predation by all kinds of critters, from birds and reptiles to spiders and other ...

Eastern goldfinches flitting in the branches of a red oak tree ... Nearby in the ocean, knobbed whelks. The black swallowtail butterfly is a welcome a new addition. Thanks to recent bipartisan ...

By deleting the optix gene in a wide variety of butterflies, team member Linlin Zhang showed that red parts of the wing consistently turn black. The Gulf fritillary transforms from a vivid orange ...

Monarch butterflies are endangered. The orange-, black-, and white-patterned creatures were added to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature’s “red list” on Thursday.

SAM GRINGLAS, BYLINE: We're just looking at dozens and dozens of these red and black butterflies. CHRISTINA CALA, BYLINE: Like a cloud of butterflies - just one right after the other. GRINGLAS ...