A research team has identified a new species of tiger swallowtail butterfly living in eastern parts of North America. In their study, published in the journal ZooKeys, Julian Dupuis, B. Christian ...

From the Everglades to the Keys, Florida is teeming with life, but with human encroachment, some species are being pushed to ...

Just as monarchs famously prefer milkweed for food and egg-laying, swallowtail butterflies also have a preferred food as ...

In the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada, species of tiger swallowtail butterflies typically have a flight period in the spring, but there was a group that appeared around the ...

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 ...

Harris’ mimic swallowtail and five other foreign bird and butterfly species. “It’s good to see these swallowtails getting protections, but it’s shocking that it took 30 years to get action,” said ...

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 ...