I usually prefer being outside working in the garden to being inside working at the desk. But as I write this, we still seem to be in the dog days of summer. Nevertheless, there are things to be done ...

Male zebra longwing butterfly vision sticks to a duller pallette, perhaps for mating reasons. The genes that explain this may help unlock how differences between sexes evolve. By Veronique Greenwood ...

Florida is home to over 160 varieties of butterflies, with many species not found elsewhere in the United States. The zebra longwing, Florida's official state butterfly, is a social species known for ...