Craig Huegel smiled like a proud father as he gazed at a little black Atala butterfly, no bigger than a moth, clambering on a daisy-like wildflower called a Spanish needle, and sucking nectar from its ...

After being evicted in July, the butterflies at The Butterfly Estates have a new home in Southwest Florida: The Shell Factory Nature Park in North Fort Myers. The Florida Native Butterfly Society and ...

Each winter, Floridians are lucky enough to step into their gardens and witness the majesty of monarch butterfly migrations.

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 ...

Some butterflies are disappearing — falling to factors like pesticide use and loss of habitat. A native butterfly is making a surprising... How a small butterfly is making a remarkable comeback in ...

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 ...

Biologists deposited caterpillars of the rare frosted elfin butterfly on its host plant, the sundial lupine, in north Florida. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

This monarch butterfly mural titled “Midnight Dream” is in downtown Orlando, located on the corner of South Orange Avenue and East Anderson Street. The public art is part of a series titled “Migrating ...

Some butterflies are disappearing. They are falling to factors like pesticide use and loss of habitat. But Kerry Sheridan with WUSF reports a native Florida butterfly is making a surprising comeback. ...