About 70 per cent of the species on Earth are insects. They are fundamental components of most ecosystems: they comprise half ...

Keep kids entertained this spring with a hands-on, $24 butterfly kit that teaches the life cycle in a fun, engaging way—no ...

The iconic orange-and-black butterflies may be on the verge of collapse, after scientists documented a troubling decline this ...

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 ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium joined a network of scientists contributing to nationwide research and publication on insect numbers and climate change. The Butterfly ...

Gardeners are scrambling to help the threatened monarch butterfly by planting more milkweed, the insect's host plant. Drought, loss of habitat and pesticides have decimated stands of milkweed along ...

Insects make up to 90% of all animal species on the planet, and most of them can be found in the tropics, the regions around ...

EUGENE — Four women set out in the west Eugene wetlands to chase the ephemeral flashes and flutters of July-awakened butterflies. They sought the Eastern tailed-blue, the ochre ringlet and — were they ...

DNA extracted from a preserved 93-year-old Xerces blue butterfly confirms it is first known insect to go extinct from urbanization in the US. The butterfly, with stunning, iridescent periwinkle wings, ...