The butterfly is widely considered one of the most beautiful creatures by both children and adults. Luckily, insects can be preserved for study after they have died, and the butterfly is no exception.

Monarch butterflies will soar on Saturday at the Brazos Valley Museum of Natural History’s 13th annual Wish Upon a Butterfly fundraiser. The symbolic event highlights Texas’ state insect, the elegant ...

The insect, the Xerces blue butterfly, died out in the mid-20th century as a result of pronounced habitat loss, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History.

What’s the difference between an insect and a bug? Who buzzes in the grass? And what does a ladybug have to do with a lady?

But more important than this extinct butterfly are the insects still alive today. Study authors Felix Grewe and Corrie Moreau working in the Field Museum’s Pritzker DNA Lab. Photo: Field Museum ...

Large butterfly-like insects known as Kalligrammatid lacewings, which fluttered through Eurasian fern- and cycad-filled woodland during the Mesozoic Era, have been extinct for more than 120 million ...

If insects vanish, the consequences for food production will be catastrophic, said Herschcovich, the manager of Butterfly Pavilion lepidopterists. “Invertebrate species are disappearing faster ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium joined a network of scientists contributing to nationwide research and publication on insect numbers and climate change. The ...

This morning brought the alarming news that Maryland's state insect, the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly, is endangered. I'm kidding, of course — not that the butterfly is endangered, which is ...

Monarch butterfly’s long reign as everyday Chicago summer treat could flutter away ... The group added the insects to its Red List of Threatened Species in 2022, ...

And, apparently, no official state butterfly. If the green darner dragonfly gets the nod as Michigan’s state insect, the Monarch might be a viable candidate as Michigan’s official state butterfly.