Out of the 136 species of butterflies’ populations studied, not a single one increased over the past 3 decades.

CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — A lowly hissing cockroach at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield is causing a stir in the global scientific community. Invertebrate Keeper Nicole Pruess found one ...

Monarch butterfly numbers are flying higher, but they still have many miles to go. According to a pair of 2025-2026 reports ...

(CNN) — The world’s largest butterfly tree of life is helping researchers determine where the winged insects originated when they first appeared on Earth about 100 million years ago. During the age of ...

In a world first, scientists have discovered that painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) have used favorable winds and a strategy of active flying and autopilot to fly across the world without ...

A daring surgical procedure has given a doomed monarch butterfly a new lease of life. The delicate operation was captured on ...

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The great Mormon butterfly is one in every 10,000 butterflies who is half male and half female. Scientists explained this ...

As the colorful wings of butterflies flickered through a bright blue sky at the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary in Newtown, Jenny Hubbard fondly recalled her favorite memories from the six ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) — The Krohn Conservatory is set to captivate visitors with its annual Butterfly Show, this year themed "Gothica Botanica." Described as mysterious, mystical, and enchanting, the ...

Discover why tiny Amazon insects are so vulnerable to heat and what their decline could mean for forests, wildlife, and people.