Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dot-lined white moth Everyone loves butterflies. The sun-loving insects are often festively colored and easily seen as they visit ...

The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly is critically endangered, with the last known larva living in a lab in New Mexico. By Catrin Einhorn and Diana Cervantes La brújula magnética es el ...

A new study cross-examines classic hypotheses about the coevolution of butterflies with flowering plants and moths with bats, their key predators. The findings show flowering plants did drive much of ...

Moths and butterflies collectively belong to a big taxonomic group called Lepidoptera. That name means “scale-wing”, referring to the tiny scales that cover the wings of most of these species. The ...

Transparent wing patches may do more than allow butterflies and moths to hide – they may also warn predators to leave them alone, suggests a study published today in eLife. The findings shed new light ...

Hessel’s hairstreak have been seen in southeastern Virginia. These butterflies enjoy roaming bay forests and wetland bogs with sandy soil, according to the Department of Conservation and Recreation ...

I talked about your question with my friend Allan Felsot. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. He told me cocoons are mostly silk. But they’re usually made by moths. A butterfly ...

A no-mow patch helps caterpillars live long enough to turn into butterflies and moths Making the world safer for butterflies can be as easy as doing a bit of nothing. Letting some part of a yard go ...

Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey are studying how environmental contaminants like pesticides and antibiotics are impacting butterfly and moth populations. The researchers are investigating how ...

The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust is calling on people across the country to take part in the Big Butterfly Count, a nationwide citizen-science project that asks everyday Kiwis to spend ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Hundreds of butterflies and moths are flying free in the Virginia Living Museum’s Butterfly Haven. But a visit there isn’t just about admiring their beauty; it gives us an up-close ...

Transparent wing patches may do more than allow butterflies and moths to hide -- they may also warn predators to leave them alone, suggests a new study. Transparent wing patches may do more than allow ...