From a hummingbird beating its wings 70 times a second, to a butterfly jetting diagonally against the wind, us landlocked creatures get to delight in it all. For Outside/In, I’m Marina Henke.

In this July 2024 photo, U.S. Forest Service wildlife biologist Olivia Curtis points out plants that the federally protected Mount Charleston blue butterfly favors for food, including the Clokey ...

Maybe they sculpt butterfly wings out of playdough or build a “butterfly garden” with pebbles and petals from outside. The ...

Take a close look at the body of a butterfly and you’ll see three sections: a head, a middle area called the thorax, and an abdomen. A butterfly has three legs on each side of its middle section, or ...

Butterflies are common throughout the world; however, there is more to them than meets the eye. From optical illusions in their wings to generation-spanning migrations and caterpillars committing ...

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