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, ...

It’s that exciting time of year when flecks of color are showing themselves. The very first wildflowers are appearing, as are the first flying flecks of color, butterflies. Butterflies bring a wide ...

GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, MI — Thousands of bright, colorful butterflies from around the globe will take flight next month at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park for the 30th annual Butterflies Are ...

The zoo is now home to hundreds of butterflies from 30 different species of Neotropical butterflies. The zoo is now home to hundreds of butterflies from 30 different species of Neotropical butterflies ...

Imagine a meadow of flowers: a kaleidoscope of colors with butterflies aflutter in all their prismatic splendor. Add a warm sunny day and it’s a picture of perfection. What more does a butterfly need?

Does it seem far fewer colorful butterflies are flitting overhead or alighting on your yard’s flowers this summer? You are not alone, and you are not mistaken. Butterfly counts by the North American ...