butterflies

Milkweed is abundant in local nurseries as monarch enthusiasts seek to increase the declining population and backyard gardeners try to lure the famous flutterers. But critics say this non-native plant may be having the opposite effect.

The small atala butterly once thought extinct has staged such a comeback in South Florida that it is now considered a bit of a garden pest.

An open letter from a researcher reveals that Floridians could be inadvertently contributing to the spread of a life-threatening parasite among monarch butterflies.

Tension grow in Broward County over staffing shortages at the 911 call center. Plus, Viter and Maria Juste built the foundation of what Little Haiti is today. We hear from their son about their family’s legacy. And it’s Wildlife Thursday — we’re talking about small creatures that have a mighty impact.

The annual winter monarch butterfly migration, which has seen steep declines in recent years, seems to be making a comeback. Biologists are encouraged and confused by the trend.

The center says government officials have already cut down trees on its private property in anticipation of a border wall. The planned wall would split its property in two.

The Miami Blue is the Rasputin of butterflies.But biologists are hoping for a happier ending for the Miami Blue than the early 20th Century Russian mystic…

The recently published results of a 37-year study of monarch butterflies in north-central Florida shows the number of adult butterflies migrating to the...

Working to protect a rare, endangered butterfly usually involves work in the field or the lab, or sometimes meetings and conference calls.Now helping out…

At Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary in Naples, the landscape is quintessential Florida. There's the marsh area with towering cypress trees and there's the wet...