Pesticides, habitat loss and climate change have taken their toll on the beloved insects. But the experts working with them ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium joined a network of scientists contributing to nationwide research and publication on insect numbers and climate change. The Butterfly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Taking a walk in the Midwest today is a different experience than it was 30 years ago. That's because butterfly populations there ...

Large butterfly-like insects known as Kalligrammatid lacewings, which fluttered through Eurasian fern- and cycad-filled woodland during the Mesozoic Era, have been extinct for more than 120 million ...

Have you seen any dead butterflies lately? If so, the U.S. Geological Survey wants you to mail them their way, along with deceased moths and skippers. The agency is collecting specimens from six ...

It’s been roughly 80 years since the Xerces blue butterfly was last spotted flitting about on pastel wings across coastal California sand dunes. But scientists are still learning about the insect. The ...

Down a track through beech woods so thick you must turn on your car headlights lies a secret meadow, full of flowers. Mauve scabious and darker purple knapweed wave their heads in the aftermath of a ...

A warming climate has helped some to flourish, researchers say, but the outlook is troubling.

DNA extracted from a preserved 93-year-old Xerces blue butterfly confirms it is first known insect to go extinct from urbanization in the US. The butterfly, with stunning, iridescent periwinkle wings, ...

EUGENE — Four women set out in the west Eugene wetlands to chase the ephemeral flashes and flutters of July-awakened butterflies. They sought the Eastern tailed-blue, the ochre ringlet and — were they ...

The first insectile casualty of human activity in the United States was recorded around 80 years ago, new research has confirmed. The insect, the Xerces blue butterfly, died out in the mid-20th ...