Kiki Sylvain has spent the last 10 years of her career breeding butterflies at her company SK Butterflies. Many different signs inspired Sylvain to start the business including the day she found a ...

A count of the Western Monarch butterfly population last winter saw a staggering drop in numbers, but there are hopeful signs the beautiful pollinators are adapting to a changing climate and ecology.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "There's more to it than just counting overwintering butterflies," said David James, an associate professor in Washington State ...

Based on climatic data from 36 years, and the location of 646 breeding sites in 30 countries, the model reveals for the first time where the species might overwinter after their trip to tropical ...

Monarch butterfly breeding populations have remained stable since 1993, a study published in Global Change Biology on Friday found, disputing previous concerns raised by scientists that the butterfly ...

The beautiful patterns on butterfly wings are emerging as exceptional model systems that may reveal much about how the shapes, sizes and colors of specific organisms have evolved, a type of study ...

SELMA – The day was made to order for Mallieve Breeding, almost like a sign from above. As relatives and friends arrived for her memorial service Wednesday afternoon, some looked upward to savor puffy ...

Reporting from San Diego — An endangered butterfly could get a new lease on life thanks to a breeding program at the San Diego Zoo. The population of the Quino checkerspot butterfly, known for its ...

Monarch butterflies are famed for their spectacular long-distance migration, an aerial dance across wild landscapes that’s part marathon, part relay race. But there’s surprising new evidence that — ...

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A breeding effort aimed at increasing the population of the Baltimore checkerspot butterfly – the official state insect – has suffered a setback, in part because of some unruly Montgomery County geese ...