could be sufficient evidence that this was a coordinated migratory event for the group of insects, Shockley said. Researchers took a few crucial steps to confirm these out-of-place butterflies ...

Monarch butterflies are one of the most iconic insects in North America – but they might also be at risk of disappearing. Now ...

Intriguingly, they show that some of the moths and butterflies belonged to a group still alive today that have long straw-like tongues for sucking up nectar. "These finds push back the evolution ...

Scientists have named a new group of butterflies after the villain Sauron from the Lord of the Rings novels. Experts hit on the name Saurona because the black rings on the insect's orange wings ...

The legal director at the Center for Food Safety says a proposal to list monarch butterflies as threatened under the ...

Butterflies still need water ... in recognition of the county’s 250th anniversary. The group recently surpassed that goal, with 267 waystations at last count, and more expected to sign ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to protect the iconic insect under the federal Endangered Species Act.

But if there’s one group of insects that is an exception to this rule, it has to be the butterflies. Since the days of the ancient Egyptians, these colourful creatures have captured our ...

Using pollen, scientists have been able to identify where individual butterflies began their journeys, and even infer the events that likely triggered their migration. The knowledge may help ...