Here is the list of most breathtaking and beautiful butterfly species in the world. The black swallowtail, also known as the eastern black swallowtail or American swallowtail, has black wings ...

The Smith's blue butterfly may be tiny, but it's endangered in a big way ... Although the Smith's blue has been listed under the Endangered Species Act since 1976, the ongoing failure of government ...

The Xerces blue butterfly went extinct along the San Francisco coast some 80 years ago. But scientists have identified a ...

The causes involve more than just habitat loss, but there are steps you can take to help save these delicate creatures ...

A comprehensive study of U.S. butterfly populations shows dramatic declines in most species, but Pacific Northwest ecologists ...

Gleaming in the air, the iridescent blue morpho protects itself from predators using the power of light. Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue ...

But over the past three decades, extensive off-road vehicle use on these public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management has destroyed more than 50 percent of the rare butterfly's habitat and ...

The California Academy of Sciences used genetic testing to identify a blue butterfly species similar to the Xerces species that went extinct and disappeared from the San Francisco coastline.

All the butterflies were dead by Aug. 25. According to the Environment Ministry’s red list on endangered species, the Ogasawara blue butterfly was categorized as “Critically Endangered ...