Like so many Florida residents, Taylor Jones embraced year-round gardening when he moved from the Northeast to a prominent corner lot in Mount Dora a little over three years ago. And like more ...

Jackie Minett is a tour guide at Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, Florida, dubbed the “butterfly capital of the world.” She leads children and seniors, some tourists, some Floridians, around the ...

MIAMI (AP) - Federal wildlife officials are reviewing a South Florida butterfly survey that concluded that five rare species have vanished. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hired entomologist Marc ...

Every year, swarms of majestic monarch butterflies take wing in a massive autumn migration from the northern United States to a small region near Mexico City — except for a wayward population that ...

A very rare and endangered type of butterfly called Schaus’ swallowtail lives only in far South Florida, where its survival is linked to an unexpected weather twist. Scientists looking at 35 years of ...

Some butterfly species are disappearing due to pesticides and loss of habitat. One native Florida butterfly that was thought to be gone forever is making a surprising comeback. Kerry Sheridan of WUSF ...

ORLANDO, Florida — After six years of searching, an entomologist has concluded that three varieties of butterflies native to south Florida have become extinct, nearly doubling the number of North ...

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 ...

Humans, manatees and iguanas aren't the only ones freezing in this South Florida cold weather snap -- the chill also has local butterflies grounded. At Butterfly World in Coconut Creek, handler have ...

March 14 is Learn About Butterflies Day. In honor of the holiday, here are a few fun facts, courtesy of local experts. Dan Dunwoody, founder of Butterfly Dans in Kissimmee, said if you’re trying to ...