SINGAPORE - A rare butterfly species has set hearts aflutter in the wildlife community after sightings of the ...

For decades, an "extremely rare" fossil sat unidentified in Japan's Museum of Unique Insect Fossils. Discovered in 1988 in ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced April 30 that biologists had released caterpillars of the ...

SINGAPORE - A rare butterfly species has set hearts aflutter in the wildlife community after sightings of the black-and-yellow winged insect at the Botanic Gardens emerged on social media this week.

The charming, and not rare, frosted elfin butterfly, which prefers sandhill environments, is being considered for the ...

Panaji: Rare butterfly species — the Aberrant Oakblue and Banded Royal — were among the standout finds in Goa during the City Nature Challenge (CNC), 2025, that was held last week. The Banded Royal, ...

“They are talking about the Malabar Flash or the Rapala Lankana, a butterfly belonging to the Blues family and considered very rare. It’s a dream species of any butterfly enthusiast,” says ...

Hiding in plain sight in Japan, researchers identified a new, “extremely rare” butterfly species with a remarkable wingspan ...

Biologists deposited caterpillars of the rare frosted elfin butterfly on its host plant, the sundial lupine, in north Florida. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

"This handsome butterfly is now rare or has disappeared from most of its historic range in the eastern U.S. and southern Canada," the FWC said in a news release. "Florida has the largest remaining ...