Butterflies are a common, and usually, welcome sight in any garden. Whether you're curious about the type of butterfly ...

The monarch butterfly could be in danger of extinction, but the federal government is proposing new protections to help the ...

The plight of the Quino checkerspot butterfly has been described by a biologist as “four engines out and about 10 seconds to impact.” The Quino checkerspot was once one of the most common butterflies ...

There are more than 18,000 named butterfly species on the planet today, and about 140,000 different moth species. All of them evolved from a common ancestor that lived more than 225 million years ago.

The United States is moving to grant federal protections to the monarch butterfly -- a once-common species recognizable by its striking black and orange patterns that has faced a dramatic ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protections for monarch butterflies as future generations of children are at risk of never seeing one of the vivid orange and black creatures in the ...

For those who would prefer to stay in the city, however, try Hong Kong Park which, at 48 species, has a higher diversity of butterflies than any other park in Hong Kong. Common Bluebottle ...

To the non-expert, they could easily be mistaken for the common or garden cabbage white butterflies seen in Britain every summer. But there's nothing common about the black-veined white on this ...