Some passionflowers transform parts of their leaves into shapes that resemble butterfly eggs; mother butterflies, seeing the "eggs," move on to other plants to deposit their babies. Such mimics ...

Despite the name, the common buckeye is anything but ordinary. The eyespots make this brown butterfly a real attention-getter ...

Delve into the dark world of parasitic wasps and discover their grisly takeovers of living caterpillars. Becoming a butterfly is a dangerous game, and it's easy for caterpillars to fall victim to some ...

And each of those generations lays a ton of eggs. This means that if we make the world a more hospitable place for butterflies, butterfly species have the capacity to respond very quickly and take ...