The findings challenge previous assumptions about butterfly migration and highlight the role of phenotypic plasticity.

Gardeners are being urged to resist the temptation of tidying up their gardens, especially when it comes to a rotting tree ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning to areas north and south of the Sahara. But what determines whether some ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning ...

A painted lady in Morocco. In 2024, painted ladies were reported to travel from West Africa to French Guiana, embarking on a 4,200 km trans-Atlantic flight.

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning ...

A study on painted lady butterflies reveals that their migration patterns are shaped by environmental cues rather than ...

A broadly distributed migratory butterfly travels varying distances, influenced by environmental conditions rather than following genetically coded instructions, according to a study. The ...

Look closely at your backyard butterflies! Here's how to detect the subtle differences among the three butterflies that look ...

The mass movement of over a million Wildebeest migrating across the Serengeti and through the Masai Mara has been described as the "seventh greatest wonder of the world".

In my earlier years of gardening, I was attracted to and purchased unusual plants. Many of those didn’t survive beyond their ...

It also serves as a host plant for the painted lady butterfly. Echinops ritro is a member of the aster family and native to areas of Europe and Asia. Mine is planted on a sunny, well-drained slope ...