the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known for less.” While Venn diagrams may not have solved any long-standing open problems, surely these ...

The number of monarch butterflies spending the winter in the western United States dropped dramatically this year even as ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is taking steps to list monarch butterflies as threatened species and designate seven ...

On Tuesday, the Butterfly Pavilion in Westminster and the Government of Mexico are joining forces to protect one of North ...

Look closely at your backyard butterflies! Here's how to detect the subtle differences among the three butterflies that look ...

Linda Auld is widely known as the "NOLA Bug Lady," as she has raised 147 species of butterflies and moths — photographing and studying the life cycles of these insects. For more than 30 years ...

There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth, but we all know which one out of the two gets more love in the world. Butterflies are bright, colourful and pretty – you can get ...

The butterfly effect has got nothing on moth mayhem. Thanks to warming temperatures, California could soon be under siege from a “gross” winged terror that ...

The proboscis, a specialized feeding structure found in butterflies and moths, plays a crucial role in their ability to feed on nectar and other fluids. This elongated mouthpart is adapted for ...

The Petal camera gets its name from its shape. It looks a bit like a flower—I guess so that the butterflies in your garden can’t tell otherwise. Its solar-powered panel looks like a leaf ...

Such flexibility may not always be beneficial to butterflies, as shifts in phenology could lead to mismatches with the availability of their host plants. However, Dira clytus clytus is a ...