Some butterflies can smell others of the same species, allowing them to identify each other in areas where multiple species all look the same, new research finds. A large international team has ...

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We know about migrating species of butterflies, but they don't all fly south for the winter. Several overwinter in their home habitat and could use your help.

Scientists have named a new group of butterflies with dark eye-shaped patterns on their orange wings after Sauron, the omnipresent evil lord in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings novels, what the ...

Some butterflies can smell others of the same species, allowing them to identify each other in areas where multiple species all look the same, new research finds. A large international team has ...

Los Angeles Natural History Museum takes wing this time of year. In fact, hundreds of wings. The museum’s seasonal Butterfly Pavilion, open now though Aug. 24, boasts more than 24 different species of ...

In 1906, naturalist Albert Stewart Meek discovered a butterfly so large that it defied belief. Living high in the canopies of Papua New Guinea, the Queen Alexandra birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have named a butterfly genus after Sauron, the villain from the "Lord of the Rings" series, the Natural History Museum ...