The Xerces blue butterfly went extinct along the San Francisco coast some 80 years ago. But scientists have identified a ...

Monarch butterflies are making their flight north after wintering in Mexico. Here's what to know about the fascinating, fragile traveler.

Taikan Tanaka established a Japanese record in the 50-meter butterfly, thanks to a swim of 23.06 at the Japan Swim in Tokyo.

It's Butterfly Madness at Thanksgiving Point -- and that means double the butterflies free-flying in the conservatory. On any typical day, there are up to 1,000 butterflies in the biosphere ...

The winning photographs highlight the diversity of animal and plant life in Britain as well as the often hidden behaviors of ...

Butterflies spend their time flying around searching for food and all it takes is a colorful display to attract them. “They have pretty good eyes for pursuing color. They fly high up and look ...

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have found only about 1 million species, that means more than 4.5 million species ...

Stanford’s Torri Huske, fresh off of her NCAA title in the 200 IM on Thursday took second (48.90). The Olympic gold medalist ...

Photographer and National Geographic Explorer Rena Effendi learned that a little-known species was named after her late ...

After wintering in Mexico, the iconic butterflies with black and orange wings fly north, breeding multiple generations along the way for thousands of miles. The offspring that reach southern Canada ...