In a first-of-its-kind study, Yale researchers were able to create a global map of butterfly diversity “hot-spots.” These ...

There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth, but we all know which one ... middle part of the body of an insect) has thin blue lines. The Habrosyne has a pattern like a Native ...

Think quick and name a type of butterfly. Monarch, swallowtail, painted lady, blue and hairstreak probably come to mind. Now name a type of moth. Stumped? That might be because butterflies ...

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 ...

Is a Long-Tailed Skipper a Moth or a Butterfly? It’s understandable if ... known as long-tailed skipper also has some iridescent blue-green at the base of the wings. In your photo, some of ...

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 ...

The Smith's blue butterfly may be tiny, but it's endangered in a big way. It spends its whole life within a few hundred yards of two native plants, seacliff buckwheat and coast buckwheat — and is ...

Butterflies, beloved symbols of transformation and the health of many ecosystems, are quietly vanishing from landscapes ...