Scientists have recently mapped the painted lady butterfly's annual flight from equatorial Africa to northern Europe and back ...

Every year, for millions of years, a huge number of painted lady butterflies have migrated thousands of miles across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Though they've been a common sight ...

When folded in rest, the Mission blue butterfly’s wings are grey and dotted with black — no more special than a common house moth’s. Unfolded, this furry insect’s wings are iridescent and azure, ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - Butterflies are slowly becoming a thing of the past. Dr. Theresa Dellinger, a diagnostician from Virginia Tech, says there are things we can do to help keep them around.

Delias sambawana, a butterfly that hails from Indonesia, at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace and phylogeny by Hillis, Zwickl, and Gutell When Akito ...