Large butterfly-like insects known as Kalligrammatid lacewings, which fluttered through Eurasian fern- and cycad-filled woodland during the Mesozoic Era, have been extinct for more than 120 million ...

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? Here we present the great encounter of etymology and entomology.

Scientists in Alaska recently discovered a potentially new insect species—the Tanana Arctic, or Oeneis tanana, a copper-colored critter that may be the state’s only endemic butterfly. According to ...

The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers. The native ...

The first insectile casualty of human activity in the United States was recorded around 80 years ago, new research has confirmed. The insect, the Xerces blue butterfly, died out in the mid-20th ...

In a world first, scientists have discovered that painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) have used favorable winds and a strategy of active flying and autopilot to fly across the world without ...

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University has over 3 million specimens in its entomology collection, but one butterfly stands out from the rest. The butterfly is literally one in a million ...

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From within rocks, a few dozen fossils nearly too small to see with the naked eye can tell an important history of the evolution of moths and butterflies. About 200 million years ago, an ancient ...

The most extensive and systematic insect monitoring program ever undertaken in North America shows that butterfly abundance in Ohio declined yearly by 2%, resulting in an overall 33% drop for the 21 ...