The species beauty index (SBI) for European butterflies Among butterflies, it’s not the squeaky wheels that get the conservation grease. It’s the pretty wheels. We’ve observed thi…

The inaugural Global Butterfly Week successfully united thousands of butterfly watchers, educators, and field researchers to create the first single-window global census of butterfly diversity. Spanni...

A new crew of wildlife champions is set to lead critical conservation work saving Northern Ireland’s rarest butterflies and moths. The initiative is being delivered through PeacePlus Nature, a project...

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Explore the life of butterfly expert Steve Woodhall, his work in South Africa, and where to spot rare and spectacular species on the KZN North Coast.

A newly discovered moth species from the Mediterranean has been named in honour of Pope Leo XIV. Described as Pyralis papaleonei, the finding is more than a scientific milestone - it also serves as a ...

Some of my earliest memories revolve around bugs, from flipping rocks to find isopods to finding butterflies on flowers. When I came to OSU as a PhD student in EEOB, I was passionate about working …

Maryland S2 (state rare) butterfly Silvery Blue, Glaucopsyche lygdamus, seen on this weekend’s annual butterfly count in Allegany Co. [photo credit: Rick Borchelt] Maryland State Entomologist…

Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore) [photo: Monash Univesity] If you’re like me, you’ve bemoaned the tsunami of “please ID” requests and National Geographic photographer wannab…

Mating Poweshiek skipperlings. Photo Credit: © Bill Flanagan, John Ball Zoo. The Poweshiek Skipperling (Oarisma poweshiek) of tallgrass prairie and prairie fens of the upper Midwest and Canada is o…

Early spring sightings show colourful insect is a resident species for first time in decades, says conservation charity

A new study looks at a 29-year moth-trapping effort and suggests a minimum of 15 years of data for detecting true long-term trends in insect populations.

Just when you think the taxonomic confusion about azure species and subspecies in the Appalachian highlands of VA, MD, and WV was put to bed, another contender joins the lists! Historically, we&#82…

Rising temperatures are likely making monarch butterflies more disease-prone, a new study shows.

A first-time observation of moths drinking a moose’s tears, the expansion of peat patches across Alaska’s North Slope and more from ESA’s journals.

The Sand Mountain Blue butterfly, Euphilotes pallescens arenamontana, lives on a single Nevada dune system, making it incredibly vulnerable to threats like habitat loss from off-road vehicles and clim...

Renowned Canadian lepidopterologist J Donald Lafontaine passed away on 20 November 2025.After decades of collaboration with the Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids, and Nematodes in Ott...

The area of land, by Harbury Tunnel, was subject to a large landslip in February 2015, causing major disruption and damaging the ground beside the railway line.

Mongabay carries a nice interview with Chris Grinter, Senior Collection Manager of Entomology at the California Academy of Sciences discussing his work documenting California’s insect diversity thr…

The Florida Museum of Natural History at the University of Florida seeks an experienced full-time Collections Manager II or III as Director of Invertebrate Paleontology Collections within the Departme...

The Madeira white butterfly is the first European species classified as globally extinct by the IUCN.

UD undergraduate student looks at how mosquito control methods threaten caterpillars

A former PhD student at the University of York has used records from museum collections and citizen science projects to show long-term patterns in the species richness of tropical butterflies.

Project to restore and expand Scotland’s ancient forests is boosting moth biodiversity

A previously-unknown butterfly species collected in the Amazon and forgotten in museum drawers for more than 150 years has been designated as a new species.

The insects’ brilliant hues evolved in lush ecosystems to help them survive. Now they are becoming more muted to adapt to degraded landscapes – and they are not the only things dulling down

If successful, method could be used to support long-term conservation of species vulnerable to extinction

Bees, bumblebees and butterflies have too little natural habitat around them to survive. A new study, led by researchers at Wageningen University & Research and published in Science, shows that these ...

Abernethy Forest, Cairngorms: In the vast heather fields, Scotch Argus are flitting and tussling, velvety brown with an orange band

Francis’s gorgeous sapphire — a new-to-science species of butterfly — has just been described in the high-altitude evergreen forests of western Angola. The identification of Iolaus francisi, with its ...

This summer's drought and record-breaking heat could affect the fall migration of the endangered monarch butterfly, according to researchers from the University of Ottawa.They say the extreme weather ...

Follow the path of one butterfly on a migratory route within Central Washington. It emerges in the spring in the Yakima Valley, heads up to Cascade mountains, and returns back

Ecologists hope to resurrect a crucial piece of the Presidio dunes ecosystem with a rare blue butterfly.

Wildflower plantings near crops are a common tool for attracting pollinators, but pesticide drift can harm the very pollinators they're meant to attract.

A flash of orange darted between blue broadleaf lupine, magenta paintbrush and pink-white mountain daisies before the small butterfly disappeared into the sky. “That’s another …

The research suggests the life-support system underpinning the tropics is at serious risk in a warmer world.

A tale of three decades and 4.3 million butterflies