A delicate butterfly hovers with effortless grace, its wings painting soft whispers of color above a blooming flower plate. The scene captures a fleeting moment where nature’s elegance meets serene ...

Turn your backyard garden into a beautiful butterfly paradise. Grow swallowtail butterfly host plants and flowers.

Some gardens are designed to attract butterflies while others bring awareness to them. Twahna P. Harris admits that this idea is a different approach to planting flower gardens. Still, the concept isn ...

Native to Southeast Asia, the butterfly pea plant (Clitoria ternatea) has edible leaves that are often dried or ground into a powder. It’s sometimes labeled blue matcha. The woody and earthy flavor ...

Texas' official state insect is on its way from Canada to Mexico — and you may be just in time to witness the remarkable ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. A nice thriller plant for the garden border or container is Stratosphere White butterfly flower (Gaura lindheimeri “Gautalwi”). This plant ...

The monarch butterfly, known for its bright orange patterned wings, is in the middle of its migration from the northern U.S. to Mexico. Once the migration is complete, the species will not be seen in ...

Butterflies, along with many other pollinators, need all the help they can get. Arizona is on the migration route of the vulnerable monarch butterfly. In addition, we have 334 species of other native ...

Narrow strips of flowering plants along road edges can support high butterfly diversity, a recent study from Singapore has found. In late 2023, researchers surveyed 101 road verges — strips of green ...