Be a Voice for Butterflies
Habitat destruction is devastating butterfly populations. It’s urgent that we act now.
Be a Voice for Butterflies
Habitat destruction is devastating butterfly populations. It’s urgent that we act now.
If we can save butterflies,
We can save ourselves.®
Take Action for Butterflies
These critical pollinators need your help. Together we can save butterflies across North America.
Our mission:
Butterflies are wildlife crucial to our ecosystem. Our mission is to create a world where butterflies thrive, for the benefit of nature and people.
Get our latest butterfly news and join us in protecting butterflies.
Our mission:
Butterflies are wildlife crucial to our ecosystem. Our mission is to create a world where butterflies thrive, for the benefit of nature and people.
Get our latest butterfly news and join us in protecting butterflies.
Our Vision
Butterflies Need You
NABA is dedicated to the conservation of wild butterflies and their habitats.
Butterflies are wildlife, and should be valued and protected as such.
As pollinators they are critical to our shared environment, and as indicator species they give us early warning of environmental peril. Butterflies are a key link in the food chain.
Butterflies are also wondrous and magical in a way that singularly captures our imaginations and connects people with nature and each other.
NABA envisions a future where wild butterflies thrive in healthy habitats, none are threatened or endangered, and all people can enjoy observing them in nature.
Our Work & Impact
Since 1992
Create Butterfly Habitat
Butterfly Garden Program
Create a paradise for butterflies that expands their habitat, no matter the size of your garden..
Just Announced!
NABA’s Inaugural Lana Edwards Butterfly Garden of the Year Contest. From balcony containers to public gardens, submissions are open to all shapes and sizes.
Certify Your Garden
LEARN which native plants are suitable for your region.
PLAN your garden with nectar and food plants.
PLANT your garden and avoid pesticides.
CERTIFY your garden and receive your official NABA certificate.
DISPLAY your commitment to supporting butterfly populations with a weatherproof sign!
Become a NABA member and receive Butterfly Gardener magazine (among other great benefits) to keep up with the latest on butterfly gardens.
JOIN THE COUNT
Can we count you in to count butterflies?
Butterfly Counts
Learn about our butterfly counts and how to participate in this 30+ year old citizen science event.
Starting a Count
Learn how to plan, register and organize a butterfly count in your community.
Learn
The Counts program has amassed the largest database of butterfly sightings in the world, regularly used by researchers to study butterfly population trends and butterfly biology.
Discover the National Butterfly Center
NABA’s National Butterfly Center encompasses 100 acres of restored habitat, replete with native nectar and caterpillar food plants, that is home to 246 species of butterflies (and counting!) along with nearly 300 species of birds, 60 species of dragonflies and 130 species of reptiles. The preserve includes trails for exploring, observation areas and educational exhibits. The Center also runs the annual Texas Butterfly Festival.
How you can help today
Get Butterflies in Your Inbox
Build a Butterfly Garden
Plant native nectar and caterpillar food plants in your garden and get an official NABA certification
Support Our Work
Butterflies populations are declining. Donate to save butterflies now.