Spooky season is in full swing over in Missouri. A biologist recently spotted and photographed a super rare white monarch butterfly in the exact same spot where she previously saw a more common orange ...

Four rare butterfly species have fluttered into view during my continuing quest to photograph the endangered Mount Charleston blue butterfly. Forest-sent consolation prizes that I can’t complain about ...

Ecologists in West Sussex recently recorded a jaw-dropping 283 purple emperor butterflies in a single day at the Knepp Castle Estate, a 3,500-acre rewilding project in the county. It's an all-time ...

For the first time in nearly two decades, a rare butterfly, known as the red-spotted patch butterfly, was spotted in South Texas. Located in the Rio Grande Valley in Mission, the National Butterfly ...

Conservation scientists want West Michigan gardeners to make sure the lupine plants in their flower beds aren’t killing endangered butterflies. Extremely rare Karner blue butterflies are entirely ...

RENO, Nev.— Responding to a Center for Biological Diversity petition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the bleached sandhill skipper. This ...

GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, MI — Thousands of bright, colorful butterflies from around the globe will take flight next month at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park for the 30th annual Butterflies Are ...

Two Miami Blue butterflies released at Long Key State Park in 2018 in an effort to help establish new breeding areas for the rare insects. Jose A. Iglesias [email protected] From the Miami ...

It's the size of a 10-cent piece and matures under the guard of protective ants, but the purple copper butterfly needs more ...