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.

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?

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 ...

Fireflies have been a nostalgic symbol of summer for many generations, but like many insects, their population numbers are ...

Conservationists have warned of a “butterfly emergency”, as a survey for the insects clocked up its lowest numbers on record.. The Big Butterfly Count, organised by wildlife charity Butterfly ...

Legislation is introduced in both the state assembly and state senate to make the Monarch Wisconsin’s state butterfly. The bills were announced at Butterfly Gardens in Appleton, which was founded as a ...

Butterfly Pavilion staff said that the migratory monarch's numbers have declined almost 80% in the past couple of decades. ... as the winged insects arrive in the warmer climate each November.

While the mosquito might be an obvious choice, dragonflies can stop on a dime at 35 miles an hour and even fly backward.

They found that butterfly diversity is highly clustered in tropical and subtropical mountain systems: two-thirds of butterfly species live primarily in the mountains, which contain 3 1/2 times more ...