WASHINGTON - The way male and female butterflies relate to one another as adults may depend on how they grew up - sort of like people. Except for butterflies, it's not whether they had a happy youth.

The way male and female butterflies relate to one another as adults may depend on how they grew up — sort of like people. Except for butterflies, it's not whether they had a happy youth. It's the ...

If you want to be surrounded by females on the prowl, it pays to be cool, at least if you are a male butterfly. In an unusual example of sex role reversals, females actively court males after being ...

Every so often, unseasonably mild weather will rouse butterflies from hibernation earlier than usual in the Inland Northwest. But in January? That’s plain extraordinary. Yet this is just what’s ...

Devising better cooling materials has become a pressing issue as the climate warms, and some scientists are turning to nature for ideas. Small creatures with low body mass, such as insects, have to ...

The Science Spectrum’s ‘Butterfly Alive Exhibit’ is back for its third year, giving everyone the chance to walk around with ...