Scientists have recently mapped the painted lady butterfly's annual flight from equatorial Africa to northern Europe and back ...

Although the researchers – who collaborated across the country – saw a 22% decline in the total number of butterflies, they ...

HAVE YOU NOTICED an increase in the number of bees in the last number of weeks? Well, you’re not alone – many people have ...

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

In the United States, perhaps no bug has been counted as often as the butterfly. “There’s a lot of passion for them, they’re very charismatic,” says Collin Edwards, a quantitative ...

"A 22% decrease in total numbers of butterflies — and the story looks a lot worse when you look on a species-by-species basis," he said. ''The part that really surprised me was the breadth and ...

The outlook for butterflies in the U.S. seems as fragile as their delicate wings, as a study reveals the population of 554 ...

“Butterflies play a critical ecological role, both as pollinators and as prey, but they can also tell us a lot about how development, pesticides and climate change are affecting the rest of the ...