An international team discovered new types of butterflies that lay hidden in plain sight at the Natural History Museum.

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

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 ...

Challenging times are ahead for smaller, lighter-colored butterflies as Earth’s climate continues to warm, a new study has found. Unlike their relatives with larger wings and darker colors, small ...

Scientists have discovered a new butterfly species in the Canadian Rockies, they report in ZooKeys. The Satyrium curiosolus, or “Curiously Isolated Hairstreak,” lives up to its name. Although it looks ...

Did you know that South Carolina has its very own state butterfly? The Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus) was designated as the official butterfly of the Palmetto State by Act Number 319 in ...

For centuries, monarch butterflies have traveled thousands of miles across North America, guided by instincts that scientists ...

Kerala hosts the highest butterfly diversity among all Indian States along the Western Ghats, with 328 species documented, ...

The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely.

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