A small butterfly once thought extinct has staged such a comeback in South Florida that it is now considered a bit of a garden pest — and a persistent problem for a renowned research facility where ...

Thanks to a sunny spring, the population of a rare butterfly has nearly doubled in the English west country, The Guardian reported. The heath fritillary butterfly, nicknamed the woodman's follower, is ...

MISSOURI, USA — A Missouri Department of Conservation official recently spotted a ghostly variation of a Monarch butterfly in the state. Natural History Biologist Amanda Gehin saw an extremely rare ...

I have been wondering if it would have been more likely to be struck by lightning,” said the biologist who spotted the rare ...

TWIN LAKE, MI – Several small, silvery-winged butterflies flitted among the native spotted bee balm and butterfly milkweed growing under the hot, summer sun at Muskegon State Game Area. Wildlife ...

RENO, Nev.— Responding to a Center for Biological Diversity petition, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed Endangered Species Act protection for the bleached sandhill skipper. This ...

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A rare white monarch butterfly has appeared in Missouri! Learn what would cause a monarch to be white, and where you can ...