A record number of one of the UK's rarest butterflies has been found at a nature site. More than double the number of silk shelters were found at Lydlinch Common this year compared to last year, ...

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the world. They also play a vital role in the functioning of all of the earth’s ecosystems. In fact, there are more than 900,000 different species of ...

Ahead of the Big Butterfly Count next month, one of the UK’s rarest butterflies – that was once on ‘the brink of extinction’ – is rising in numbers. The heath fritillary butterfly, nicknamed the ...

Many pollinators, including butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, beetles and even common flies, call Ohio home. Over 130 species of butterflies and skippers flutter across the Buckeye State, according to ...

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 ...

A very rare butterfly subspecies, whose only remaining habitat is at Fort Indiantown Gap, is finally on its way to making the endangered species list. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week ...

MIAMI (AP) — Federal wildlife officials are reviewing a South Florida butterfly survey that concluded five rare species may be gone for good. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hired entomologist Marc ...

TWIN LAKE, MI – Several small, silvery-winged butterflies flitted among the native spotted bee balm and butterfly milkweed growing under the hot, summer sun at Muskegon State Game Area. Wildlife ...

The St. Francis Satyrs now number around 1,000 and are found in an area of less than 20 acres. Melissa McGaw Nick Haddad is a tall, quick-to-smile Minnesotan. But lest the easy grin fool you, he is ...

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 ...

A Long Island man has pleaded guilty to illegally trafficking birdwing butterflies and other rare insects. Charles Limmer admitted to conspiring to smuggle wildlife into the country and agreed to pay ...

[The name of The Nature Conservancy has been updated in this story]. Many pollinators, including butterflies, moths, bees, wasps, beetles and even common flies, call Ohio home. Over 130 species of ...