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 ...

An injured butterfly can now fly after a wing transplant from a dead insect. The monarch butterfly was brought to Sweetbriar Nature Center in Long Island, New York, with its wing bent and torn, unable ...

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, ...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 3 (UPI) --Scientists say a newly discovered insect named Oregramma illecebrosa looks -- and probably acted -- like a butterfly, but predates the earliest iterations of the ...

Taking a walk in the Midwest today is a different experience than it was 30 years ago. That's because butterfly populations there have been in "precipitous decline," with all 136 species examined in a ...

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 ...

MACKINAC ISLAND, MI - A vibrant tropical ecosystem, home to a diverse array of butterflies, insects and other friendly creatures including a hedgehog, awaits visitors on Michigan’s iconic Mackinac ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... “Lepidopterist” isn’t an all-too-common job, but Denver native Robert Pyle enjoys his colorful profession. The butterfly specialist, in town for the annual ...