The zebra swallowtail of eastern forests is our personal choice for the most beautiful butterfly. It’s striped black and white, as the name suggests, and has red accents. Very long tails on the ...

The aptly named butterfly bush is a must-have for attracting swallowtail butterflies like the Black Swallowtail and the Pipevine Swallowtail. Its long, cone-shaped flower clusters are rich in ...

Black and white stripes combined with a knobbly body make the caterpillar look remarkably like bird droppings. This unappetising outfit is a clever ploy to hide in plain sight, a trick used by ...

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 ...

Swallowtails’ unique, tail-like hindwing extensions make them some of the world’s most beautiful and interesting butterflies. Unfortunately, many of these insects are also imperiled. The Center is ...

The birds awaiting protection include the Okinawa woodpecker in Japan, the black-backed tanager of Brazil and the southern helmeted curassow of Bolivia. Brazil’s beautiful Fluminense swallowtail is ...