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After Hurricane Andrew ripped through South Florida in 1992, the already-scarce Miami blue butterfly almost went extinct: No one recorded a single sighting for years. Finally, in 1999, a cheer went up ...

Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue butterfly has a short but stunning life. It is thought that the colour helps the males to mark their ...

On April 13, the “Ding” Darling Wildlife Society-Friends of the Refuge (DDWS) announced and awarded winners and finalists in ...

When folded in rest, the Mission blue butterfly’s wings are grey and dotted with black — no more special than a common house moth’s. Unfolded, this furry insect’s wings are iridescent and azure, ...

Pretty much the first two-thirds away from the ocean was all dunes. That was a perfect habitat for a butterfly, a little blue butterfly, that flew, feeding on a specific host plant called deer weed.

With no sightings in two years, the rare Ogasawara blue butterfly, named after its island chain natural habitat far south of Tokyo and designated a national natural treasure, is considered extinct ...