On the 25th anniversary of the project that brought the large blue butterfly back from near extinction in the United Kingdom, ecologists are for the first time publishing the decades of research that ...

Butterfly wings get their color in ways that almost feel impossible. Up close, each wing is made of countless tiny scales that either hold pigment or manipulate light. The oranges, reds, and browns ...

Colorful Heliconius butterflies have a wide variety of wing patterns and an amazing ability to mimic the appearance of other butterfly species. They also split into many species during a short ...

A new stage production explores the remarkable story of Eleanor Glanville, a pioneering English naturalist whose ...

DENVER (KDVR) — In the last 20 years, butterfly populations dropped by 22% across the U.S., according to a study published Thursday in “Science,” with some help of a Denver metro area nonprofit. The ...

This animated film shows the life cycle of a butterfly and a frog, and takes us through the human life cycle. It explores common animal life cycles and shows how the ‘circle of life’ operates in ...

Today on the Science Talk podcast, Alexis Gambis, a New York University biologist and independent filmmaker, speaks about making Son of Monarchs,which won the 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize ...

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New research shows that citizen scientists can play a role in gathering meaningful information to inform long-term monitoring of biodiversity trends such as butterfly population change. New research ...

HOLDERNESS — Squam Lakes Natural Science Center invites community members to take part in three butterfly-focused community ...

Professor Art Shapiro holds the first cabbage white butterfly of the year in 2015. (Kathy Keatley Garvey/UC Davis) You can contribute to science and win a pitcher of beer by competing in Professor Art ...