The world's largest butterfly species, the Queen Alexandra’s birdwing on display in the Cal Academy's collection The California Academy of Sciences has the largest collection of biological reference ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — What began as a childhood hobby more than six decades ago has led to what might be Africa's largest butterfly collection in a suburb of Kenya's capital. Steve Collins, 74, was ...

New research on the Museum's Lepidoptera collection has shed light on how some butterflies pretend to be lethal. For decades, biologists have been intrigued by the staggering diversity of wing ...

The blue morpho species is among the largest butterfly in the world A precious collection of rare butterflies - some more than a century old - is being opened up to visitors in a behind-the-scenes ...

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Do you like butterflies and moths? I certainly do. When I was a graduate student, part of my graduate training was invested in studying moths. So captivated by moths and butterflies was I that I ...