The swallowtail butterfly family contains up to 700 species in the world, most of them tropical. More than two dozen are found in North America with seven found regularly in Texas. Swallowtail ...

Phyllis Smith with Forsyth Cooperative Extension joined us on our set today to speak about Tiger Swallowtail butterflies and how we can recognize them in our gardens and natural surroundings. Phyllis ...

A perfect combination for butterfly watching is a purple-flowered butterfly bush with colorful swallowtail butterflies. This gardener spent many hours on our porch on warm sunny days watching them ...

We know about migrating species of butterflies, but they don't all fly south for the winter. Several overwinter in their home habitat and could use your help.

Norman Winter is a horticulturist. He is a former director of the Coastal Georgia Botanical Gardens. Follow him on Facebook at Norman Winter “The Garden Guy.” See ...

When I was drinking my coffee on the porch Thursday it was already so warm that eastern tiger butterflies were flying by 7 a.m. Our clocks, of course, read 8 a.m., because, unlike Arizona and Hawaii, ...

I thought it was just me until I talked with fellow flower and bird lover Kate Tufts, a volunteer at the Robinson Nature Center, who revealed that she too has been seeing a huge proliferation of the ...

Hyderabad: What to do when getting close to a Striped Tiger? Or came across a Monkey Puzzle that required no solving? For the around a 100 volunteers who are all set to hit the trails in the ...

HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh is set to give wings to a new symbol of its natural heritage, with the striking blue tiger butterfly (Tirumala limniace) proposed for recognition as the state butterfly. If ...