Pesticides, habitat loss and climate change have taken their toll on the beloved insects. But the experts working with them ...

A man has given a wounded butterfly a second chance at life – by creating a tiny prosthetic wing from dried orchid petals.

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium joined a network of scientists contributing to nationwide research and publication on insect numbers and climate change. The Butterfly ...

Monarch butterflies have multiple generations in a year, including the final one, which migrates south to wintering grounds ...

It’s been roughly 80 years since the Xerces blue butterfly was last spotted flitting about on pastel wings across coastal California sand dunes. But scientists are still learning about the insect. The ...

Large butterfly-like insects known as Kalligrammatid lacewings, which fluttered through Eurasian fern- and cycad-filled woodland during the Mesozoic Era, have been extinct for more than 120 million ...

DNA extracted from a preserved 93-year-old Xerces blue butterfly confirms it is first known insect to go extinct from urbanization in the US. The butterfly, with stunning, iridescent periwinkle wings, ...

Have you seen any dead butterflies lately? If so, the U.S. Geological Survey wants you to mail them their way, along with deceased moths and skippers. The agency is collecting specimens from six ...

EUGENE — Four women set out in the west Eugene wetlands to chase the ephemeral flashes and flutters of July-awakened butterflies. They sought the Eastern tailed-blue, the ochre ringlet and — were they ...

Down a track through beech woods so thick you must turn on your car headlights lies a secret meadow, full of flowers. Mauve scabious and darker purple knapweed wave their heads in the aftermath of a ...