Butterflies are common throughout the world; however, there is more to them than meets the eye. From optical illusions in ...

Wild Things columnist Eric Brown urges readers to volunteer for a national butterfly survey and predicts the spring sunshine will mean ...

Data showing the migratory monarch's decline were too precautionary, prompting the IUCN to change its status from endangered to vulnerable.

While the mosquito might be an obvious choice, dragonflies can stop on a dime at 35 miles an hour and even fly backward.

Marina Henke: With insects, wings diversify even more. That’s because when you're really tiny, the viscosity of the air ...

There are more than 120 species of butterflies in western Pennsylvania, and the North American Butterfly Association wants ...

There is a group of day-flying butterflies which look rather like moths, being short, stubby, and with fat bodies. These are ...

Cattle are to graze on a hill on Llanymynech for the first time since the 1970s in order to help local wildlife.

The majority of insects are considered beneficial or harmless. Of course, those are the ones we want to have hanging around. Insects can disperse seeds. They are food for birds and fish. Some insects ...

It is the height of summer in Europe, a time when many people head out into nature or to enjoy urban greenspaces . But over ...