The human eye is powerfully attracted to bright colors. When you look at a yard, the first thing you will be the colorful flowerbeds. Our eyes are also drawn to motion. When everything else is still, ...

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When it comes to butterflies, swallowtails are one of the most amazing varieties to see in your garden. Welcome them with ...

It seems that reproductive success and sexual dimorphisms for dorsal color and for vision are inexorably interdependent in ruddy copper butterflies In August it is a joy to revel in fields full of ...

It's not flamboyant or brilliantly-colored, but this powerhouse North American wildflower is a pollinator's delight: Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) is a tough but pretty flower that deserves to be ...

The colors and patterns of black swallowtails reveal the diversity of evolutionary dynamics acting on the sexes and the various life-history stages Six species of swallowtail butterflies occur locally ...

A yard without pollinators feels like a party with no music. No hum, no flutter, no life dancing between petals. Bees and ...

“Color in Motion” seems an appropriate name for the live butterfly exhibit that opened this week at Foellinger-Freimann Botanical Conservatory. In a 30-by-30-foot tent in the conservatory’s Showcase ...

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Male butterflies seek out mates with the same wing color as they find them more attractive, reveals new research. Genetics, vision and neural processing are all linked to mating behavior in Heliconius ...