In 1906, naturalist Albert Stewart Meek discovered a butterfly so large that it defied belief. Living high in the canopies of ...

The St. Francis Satyrs now number around 1,000 and are found in an area of less than 20 acres. Melissa McGaw Nick Haddad is a tall, quick-to-smile Minnesotan. But lest the easy grin fool you, he is ...

A record number of one of the UK's rarest butterflies has been found at a nature site. More than double the number of silk shelters were found at Lydlinch Common this year compared to last year, ...

One of the UK’s rarest butterflies is seeing a significant rise in numbers and range in Exmoor, conservationists have revealed. More than 1,000 heath fritillaries have been recorded so far this year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare butterfly, the red-spotted patch, was spotted at a Texas conservatory on November 25. (Courtesy of National Butterfly ...

Landowners have given a rare butterfly a major boost by letting their hedgerows grow wild, conservationists have said. Brown hairstreak butterflies have laid record numbers of eggs in parts of south ...

TWIN LAKE, MI — A tiny, rare butterfly has become “the mascot” for ecological efforts in West Michigan. The silvery-winged Karner blue butterfly flitted among native spotted bee balm and butterfly ...

While most of us have struggled with recent high temperatures, there’s one group of locals loving the heat, and this last few weeks of summer is a great chance to get out and see them.