Spooky season is in full swing over in Missouri. A biologist recently spotted and photographed a super rare white monarch butterfly in the exact same spot where she previously saw a more common orange ...

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 ...

For the first time in nearly two decades, a rare butterfly, known as the red-spotted patch butterfly, was spotted in South Texas. Located in the Rio Grande Valley in Mission, the National Butterfly ...

RENO, Nev.— Responding to a Center for Biological Diversity petition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the bleached sandhill skipper. This ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Thousands of bright, colorful butterflies are fluttering inside the tropical conservatory at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park for the annual Fred & Dorothy Fichter ...

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 jiglesias@elnuevoherald.com From the Miami ...

It's the size of a 10-cent piece and matures under the guard of protective ants, but the purple copper butterfly needs more help to survive — and a group of NSW primary school students has stepped up ...