In a new study, scientists pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine long-term population trends of the federally endangered ...

a feature that makes them more buoyant in flight but that, interestingly, not all swallowtails possess. It’s a diverse family, with more than 500 swallowtail butterfly species fluttering over ...

The caterpillar of the tiger swallowtail resembles a little ... It’s easy enough to track this pretty butterfly when it’s in flight, but once it lands, it covers up those bright upper wings ...

This unappetising outfit is a clever ploy to hide in plain sight, a trick used by multiple swallowtail butterflies. You'll have to look carefully to find them, but the tiny creatures can usually be ...

Here, RSPB volunteer Jenna explains why the magnificent Swallowtail butterfly is so special. Sophie Okonedo and Mark Rylance star in the first of Steve Waters’s seasonal dramas following the ...

Unfortunately, many of these insects are also imperiled. The Center is determined to gain protection for five of the rarest foreign swallowtail butterfly species on three continents. In 1994, a Center ...

Georgia’s state butterfly, the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, not only placed it on the menu but seemed to put on a special artistic flight performance going from cluster to cluster. So in two short ...