Common lawn plants like dandelions and violets that homeowners often try to eliminate are actually critical nectar sources for North American pollinators facing habitat loss.

A new study from the University of Georgia explored how butterfly specimens from museums can track the spread of disease.

The scent of blooming flowers and fresh plant life is not just a perk of springtime; it is a key driver in the survival and evolution of butterflies and moths. New research reveals how the daily ...

Researchers discovered how a butterfly parasite has silently affected butterflies for over a century using museum samples.

Butterfly collections are a common sight in museums, their brightly colored wings and unique patterns drawing the eyes of ...

She collected butterfly specimens and suffered a heart attack, aged 77, while collecting in Trinidad. She is said to have been found dead with a butterfly net in her hand and was buried in an ...

Ms Fountaine's family moved to Eaton Grange in 1877, before she began travels around the world. She collected butterfly specimens and suffered a heart attack, aged 77, while collecting in Trinidad.

Lepidopterist Michael Braby is sitting in his lab, peering at a photo of a butterfly specimen on his computer screen – just as he’s done countless times before. He has no inkling that he’s about to ...

Two seconds into the bubbling synth sounds of its theme song will have a child of the 1980s or ‘90s exclaiming “Reading Rainbow!” Such is the beloved and ubiquitous nature of the classic ...

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Flickr under CC BY 2.0 Butterfly populations in the United States have dropped by almost a quarter in the last two decades, according to a new analysis published ...

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