The population of butterflies in the U.S. has declined significantly over the past two decades. Through its monitoring program, Colorado’s Butterfly Pavilion is looking for volunteers to help ...

Imagine a meadow of flowers: a kaleidoscope of colors with butterflies aflutter in all their prismatic splendor. Add a warm sunny day and it’s a picture of perfection. What more does a butterfly need?

The Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Nymphalis antiopoa ) is one of the earliest (and the latest) flying butterflies in its native range, which spans widely across temperate North America and Eurasia. These ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A butterfly flits past the window at the Castlewood Canyon Visitor Center, where dozens of volunteers have gathered to learn about Colorado’s declining ...

WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Butterfly Pavilion has received its first shipment of live butterflies in chrysalis form from a farm in Indonesia. The Westminster zoo said it has the first butterfly farm built ...

The flash of a red admiral’s tangerine wings, the shadow of a black swallowtail, or the beautiful bright orange hue of monarch butterflies: Each year, a network of volunteers fan out across Colorado ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Warmer temps and moisture aligned with the release of 400 native butterflies into a public sanctuary southwest of Denver — amid efforts by Colorado leaders ...

Spring is here and I thought I would kick off this year’s series of articles by writing about an insect that reminds me of summer — butterflies! Butterflies are a beautiful addition to our yards and ...

DENVER (KDVR) — This spring, be on the lookout for monarch butterflies, as the winged insects make their annual migration across Colorado to Canada. Millions of black and orange wings will flutter ...

In the meadows of southern Colorado, a new life begins. Under the leaf of a bog violet, near shallow groundwater, a butterfly flutters her brown wings and lays her eggs. The underside of her wings are ...

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DENVER — Colorado's state insect is receiving national recognition with the dedication of its own stamp. The Colorado hairstreak butterfly is now featured by the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) on a new ...