Mardi Gras in downtown Mobile continued Saturday night with the Order of Butterfly Maidens, the Krewe of Marry Mates and the Maids of Mirth.

Kids at a tiny regional school are on a mission to save one of Australia's extremely rare butterflies. The purple copper butterfly is the size of a 10-cent piece and only lives in small pockets of ...

Pacific Grove is known as ‘Butterfly Town USA’ for its role as an overwintering spot. As the insect’s population plummets, residents are coming to its rescue In the tiny seaside village of Pacific ...

Butterflies are not only ephemerally beautiful, they’re crucial pollinators for a variety of important food crops and flowers. And in the western U.S., they’re disappearing—fast. It’s already known ...

Butterfly populations in the US declined 22% between 2000 and 2020. Butterflies and moths belong to the biological order Lepidoptera. Butterflies undergo complete metamorphosis: egg, larva, pupa, ...

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure sports a pair of smooth, rocky wings, which were likely "fluidized" by buried ...

A rare butterfly-shaped crater spreads across Mars' northern plains. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new view of Mars showcases ...

The Gemini South telescope in Chile captured this stunning view of NGC 6302, highlighting the nebula’s intricate structure and dynamic gas flows. Reading time 2 minutes This newly released image from ...

The monarch butterfly, Texas' official state insect, is in the middle of its 2,200 mile migration from Canada to Mexico — and you may be just in time to witness the remarkable journey. When is peak ...

A butterfly species has been named after Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was stabbed on a train in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August. Decarlos Brown Jr., the suspect who has ...