RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia is home to many beautiful butterflies and moths, with a variety of these insects observed in the state considered rare by the Virginia Department of Conservation ...

With much of The Far Side's comedy being pulled from Gary Larson's real life, his love of butterflies has been used for many ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Love the beautiful wildlife of Virginia? Read on for a list of eight stunning, rare butterflies and moths that have been observed in the state.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Hundreds of butterflies and moths are flying free in the Virginia Living Museum’s Butterfly Haven. But a visit there isn’t just about admiring their beauty; it gives us ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Hundreds of painted butterflies filled the foyer of the Virginia Holocaust Museum on Thursday, symbolizing the lives of children lost during the Holocaust.

NORFOLK, Va. — The Virginia Zoo in Norfolk is working on a special project that entails putting stickers on eastern monarchs to learn new things about the butterflies.

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Butterflies are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Dr. Theresa Dellinger, a diagnostician from Virginia Tech, says there are things we can do to help keep them around.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Virginia Living Museum is opening a new exhibit full of butterflies to the public, starting Saturday. Butterfly Haven's structure is 14 feet wide, and 14 feet long, and ...

“Madama Butterfly,” Giacomo Puccini’s classic 1904 romantic/verismo opera, is being performed by the Virginia Opera this month in Norfolk, Fairfax and Richmond.

FORT GREGG-ADAMS, Va. – Tears were shed, and memories shared as butterflies were released at Memorial Garden in honor and remembrance of loved ones fallen.

The Virginia Department of Transportation will be adding 135 new acres of "pollinator habitats" along state roadways for birds, bees, bats and more.

After 1990, observations of this butterfly were found in Lee County, according to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. The Goatweed Leafwing prefers dry, open forests and scrub ...