Butterflies are beloved creatures that inspire art and play an important ecological role, but according to new research ...

US butterfly populations are declining because of insecticides, climate change and habitat loss, with the number of the ...

The owl butterfly may be beautiful, but looks can be deceptive: in reality the species is something of a hooligan. The juice guzzler loves nothing more than a day feeding on fermented fruit and ...

Butterflies are in serious decline, according to a comprehensive study that analyzed a huge data set collected throughout the United States. Abundance of the beloved insects declined 22% in the first ...

Some collectors shot large butterflies out of the sky with shotguns filled with mustard seed. The unusual ammunition was used to limit the damage caused to the specimens. The Natural History ...

WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The population of butterflies - the beautiful insects that play a vital role in pollination and the health of ecosystems - has fallen in the United States by more ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

Monarch butterflies are important culturally and ecologically across North America. Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and ...

Francis Satyr butterflies — which only live on a bomb range at Fort Bragg in North Carolina — “so it could be extinct.” Some well-known species had large drops. The red admiral ...

The large butterfly, a member of the swallowtail family, has a wingspan of about 12 centimeters, and the male has black wings. It mainly inhabits southern Japan, including Okinawa Prefecture and ...

Francis Satyr butterflies — which only live on a bomb range at Fort Bragg in North Carolina — “so it could be extinct.”Some well-known species had large drops. The red admiral, which is so ...