In December of 2025, a Natural History Museum discovery write-up reported that researchers finally untangled a long-running identification problem involving neotropical hairstreak butterflies. A ...

Butterflies are a common, and usually, welcome sight in any garden. Whether you're curious about the type of butterfly frequenting yours, or you want to know more about how to attract butterflies to ...

A new study by Michigan State University found that butterflies have been decreasing rapidly in the Midwest U.S. The recent study looked at 136 species of butterflies and found that most of the ...

An iconic butterfly that waits out the cold months along the California coast each year may soon get added protections. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing the monarch butterfly as ...

The once-common orange-and-black butterflies have declined by 90% in recent decades, with the latest count showing the second smallest population on record, according to the Center for Biological ...

'Preserving butterflies is not just about preserving beauty and color, but about the stability and health of ecosystems on which we all depend,' says ecologist Dotan Rotem The post A third of Israel’s ...

BOSTON (AP) -- Historic butterfly communities in Massachusetts are dwindling and being rapidly replaced by their southern relatives, according to a Harvard study released Sunday. The study outlines ...

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As sunlight was shining on a park in Australia, several “iridescent” butterflies flew around. A scientist watched as the colorful insects did “aerial contests” and “established mating territories.” ...

The Fort Indiantown Gap military base in Lebanon County is home to the world's only surviving population of the eastern regal fritillary, a large butterfly that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...