Four rare butterfly species have fluttered into view during my continuing quest to photograph the endangered Mount Charleston blue butterfly. Forest-sent consolation prizes that I can’t complain about ...

Conservation scientists want West Michigan gardeners to make sure the lupine plants in their flower beds aren’t killing endangered butterflies. Extremely rare Karner blue butterflies are entirely ...

A Poweshiek skipperling is on a black-eyed Susan flower. The purple spots on the wings mark it as one of this year's releases. The Poweshiek skipperling has disappeared from most of Michigan’s ...

It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It’s also hard to believe that the life cycle of this incredibly colorful ...

Two Miami Blue butterflies released at Long Key State Park in 2018 in an effort to help establish new breeding areas for the rare insects. Jose A. Iglesias [email protected] From the Miami ...

GRAND RAPIDS TOWNSHIP, MI — Thousands of bright, colorful butterflies from around the globe will take flight next month at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park for the 30th annual Butterflies Are ...

A rare butterfly fossil discovered decades ago in Japan was identified as a new extinct species, according to a study published on May 2 in the journal Paleontological Research. The fossil, which had ...