Despite captive-breeding and reintroduction efforts, this sun-loving coastal butterfly, once common throughout South Florida, is now one of the rarest insect species in North America. The Miami blue ...

Butterflies and moths, with their vibrant colors and intricate patterns, are more than just enchanting creatures flitting ...

Biodiversity is declining across the planet, but what about in Wisconsin, how do we measure it, and how can we stop it?

Among the plethora of butterfly species adorning our planet ... Hailing from the rainforests of Central and South America, ...

PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Fender’s blue butterfly will be downlisted from endangered to threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. This ...

In Southern Nevada, the Mount Charleston blue butterfly is another species that has similar federal protections. The new proposed protections are paramount for the longstanding fight to protect ...

The blue morpho is often one of the species featured in Sensational Butterflies, an exhibition of live insects in the Museum’s tropical butterfly house. Butterfly expert Luke Brown says the species is ...

more poisonous butterfly species, giving them protection. The Indian leaf butterfly (Kallima paralekta) is nearly impossible to spot when it is nestled among leaves. Its upper side is steel blue with ...

The large blue butterfly has a strange life. After munching on wild thyme flowers for a few days, it drops to the ground and persuades a particular species of red ant to carry it into a nest.

All the butterflies were dead by Aug. 25. According to the Environment Ministry’s red list on endangered species, the Ogasawara blue butterfly was categorized as “Critically Endangered ...

Because of this experience, she was immediately tasked with leading the Tsushima Blue Quaker breeding program. Being entrusted with the future of a butterfly species is a huge responsibility for a ...