This is the season when fluttering butterflies are a common sight on my way to work. When two butterflies dance around each other in circles, "whirling flight" is the term used by entomologists.

The feeling of “butterflies in your stomach” is a universally recognized experience. It’s that fluttering, nervous sensation ...

Monarch butterflies are one of the most well-known species of butterfly, but sightings of them can be rare. Right now in Louisiana may be your window to check them out.

If you don’t have a printer at home, you can draw a butterfly (about 5 cm long) on a piece of paper and cut it out.

Blink and you could miss them - but mysterious sightings of an extremely rare butterfly have set the hearts of enthusiasts fluttering. The species, previously described as extinct in Britain for ...

Trillions of insects move around the globe each year. Scientists are working on new ways to map those long-distance journeys.