Butterflies might get all the credit for being the pretty ones, but moths can definitely share the spotlight. Some of these ...

Monarchs traveled to a remote part of Mexico, a journey they've made for thousands of years, and wintered there. Now tens of ...

The annual migration of monarch butterflies is one of science's great mysteries: millions of monarchs know the correct path ...

For many years, scientists had had difficulties studying migration in insects because of their size and experts’ inability to track their movement thanks to technological limitations. But a boom in ...

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

Researchers collected several butterflies from Alberta, analyzed their DNA and compared the results to other butterfly species, the study said. Looking at the results, researchers realized they’d ...

That includes butterflies spreading their lovely, colorful wings and making their way to ... Butterflies might be pleasing to the eyes, but they also make great pollinators for your garden.

In a first-of-its-kind study, Yale researchers were able to create a global map of butterfly diversity “hot-spots.” These ...

Photos show the butterflies with “predominately brownish” wings. The new species looks similar to the half-moon hairstreak butterfly but lives in a different type of habitat, prefers different ...