San Francisco tries to change the conditions that once made it famous for butterfly extinction
March 14, 2019 •
Sex and the Single Butterfly
February 12, 2019 •
What most of us call “butterflies” are in fact just the fleeting last life stage of a creature with only one remaining purpose.
Above the Tropopause: in Search of a High-Altitude Butterfly
November 26, 2018 •
Butterfly experts guard their secret spots like fishermen. When a friend takes Liam O’Brien to his “spot,” the writer finds himself in a scene from Nabokov.
On Butterflies, Parasites, and Viruses
October 3, 2018 •
How does a Broadway actor become San Francisco’s go-to lepidopterist? Liam O’Brien explains.
Ask the Naturalist: Best spots to photograph Bay Area butterflies?
August 21, 2014 •
Doesn’t get much better for eye candy than a butterfly on a flower, right?