The number of butterflies in the contiguous United States declined by 22 percent this century, a collapse with potentially ...

A study, published Thursday in the journal Science, found that 22% of butterflies in the United States disappeared between ...

Arty also has lectured on butterfly preservation efforts at garden ... education director at The South Fork Natural History Museum and Nature Center in Bridgehampton. "They're very gentle ...

In the US, butterfly populations have dropped by 22% in a decade. A new study shows climate change, habitat loss, and ...

Little-understood and vastly underappreciated, insects play an outsize role in supporting life on earth. They pollinate plants. They break down dead matter, nourishing the soil. They feed birds and ...

A neural change in butterflies alters mating preferences, influencing evolution through genetic and sensory mechanisms.

Insecticides have been identified as particularly detrimental to butterfly populations due to ... notes that butterflies connect people with nature and promote mental well-being through their ...

the Chief Curator Emeritus of Biology and Vice President of Research and Conservation at the Peggy Notebart Nature Museum. Taron is also the director of the Illinois Butterfly Monitoring Network.

Cornell University butterfly expert Anurag Agrawal said he ... the ecosystems we need and the nature we enjoy,” Agrawal, who wasn’t part of the study, said in an email.

Conservation efforts are proving effective at boosting butterfly numbers, at least in some local areas. "Much can be achieved locally in nature reserves and other protected areas, provided they ...

Butterfly decline as a warning sign for humans Cornell University ... “The loss of butterflies, parrots and porpoises is ...