A new study compiling butterfly surveys across the country found a 22% overall decline, while seven species found in Maine declined by more than 50%. An error has ...

Populations are falling in the United States, a new study has found. Look up what’s happening in your area. By Catrin Einhorn and Harry Stevens It’s hard to count insects. Even as scientists ...

A research team has identified a new species of tiger swallowtail butterfly living in eastern parts of North America. In their study, published in the journal ZooKeys, Julian Dupuis, B. Christian ...

Two-thirds of studied species declined by more than 10%, the study said. Butterfly populations have dropped by 22% across 554 recorded species in the United States, according to a new study in the ...

Butterfly abundance in the continental United States has crashed some 22% in only 20 years across 554 species counted, an alarming new scientific study involving Michigan State University found.

A fluttering butterfly makes most people smile with delight — a reaction that makes them special among insects. Some people love butterflies so much that, like birders, they look for and count ...