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Scientists in Alaska recently discovered a potentially new insect species—the Tanana Arctic, or Oeneis tanana, a copper-colored critter that may be the state’s only endemic butterfly. According to ...

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is critically endangered, with the last known larva living in a lab in New ...

(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 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Insects are some of the hardest working, most intriguing creatures on the planet. These smallest of animals are essential to a healthy environment, and to our very existence. Many ...

Insects are everywhere, crawling across sidewalks, hanging out in our gardens, and even invading our homes. Despite ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...