Hopefully, it’s a problem that butterfly researchers won’t have to face for too much longer. A new museum research project, known as AMISTAD, is combining ancient DNA, modern computing technology and ...

An international team of scientists have identified nine new species of butterflies using a combination of geographical, morphological and molecular analysis.

The monarch butterfly, an unmistakable sign of spring, is now considered an endangered species at risk of extinction. The International Union for Conservation added the monarch butterfly to its Red ...

From a butterfly shaped by 40,000 years of isolation to creatures 1,400 feet below the sea, scientists uncovered thousands of ...

Insects and the plants they depend on are migrating in response to climate change, but not always in the same way.

The scientific name of a butterfly is Lepidoptera. Discover the classification of butterflies, family of butterfly, and more.

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Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday moved to add the monarch butterfly to its endangered species roster, citing decades of steep population decline of the striking black-and-orange insect. The U.S.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature placed the monarch butterfly on its Red List of Threatened Species as endangered in July, but despite decades of declining numbers, the delicate ...

Thanks to an IAEA database and the use of stable isotope methods, scientists can determine the migration path of several types of insects, including butterflies. In a study recently published in the ...