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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

Butterflies are not only ephemerally beautiful, they’re crucial pollinators for a variety of important food crops and flowers. And in the western U.S., they’re disappearing—fast. It’s already known ...

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 ...

The monarch butterfly, chosen in 1975 to be Illinois' State Insect, fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because ...

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 ...

Monarch butterflies have experienced a breathtaking decline in the past 20 years, going from a billion strong in 1996 to roughly 30 million today because of habitat destruction. On Monday, the U.S.

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Are animals shaking up the rules of hairstyling? That’s what it seems like, judging from hairstyling trends of these past few weeks that draw inspiration from nature, if not from an actual bestiary.

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