This butterfly is the first U.S. insect known to go extinct because of people. DNA from a 93-year-old specimen shows the Xerces blue was its own species, not just a subgroup ...

As the first North American insect to go extinct due to humans, the Xerces blue butterfly has become an icon for insect conservation. New research signals a warning for insect conservation as ...

The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes a while to reach that part of its adult life.

The insect, the Xerces blue butterfly, died out in the mid-20th century as a result of pronounced habitat loss, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History.

Nearly every state has a state insect or butterfly, with only two states not having one: Iowa and Michigan, as well as the District of Columbia. The first state to adopt a state insect was California.

Ultimately, the butterfly decline is part of a larger global trend of insect population loss, with insects declining by about 1-2% annually, the study's authors said.

If insects vanish, the consequences for food production will be catastrophic, said Herschcovich, the manager of Butterfly Pavilion lepidopterists. “Invertebrate species are disappearing faster ...

Monarch butterfly’s long reign as everyday Chicago summer treat could flutter away ... Other insects are also feeling the impacts of habitat loss, pesticide use and extreme weather.

Flying insects, such as flies, butterflies, and dragonflies, have thin, membranous wings that they move by altering their body shape. ... Insect Wings: Butterfly, Dragonfly & More in Flight.

Large butterfly-like insects known as Kalligrammatid lacewings, which fluttered through Eurasian fern- and cycad-filled woodland during the Mesozoic Era, have been extinct for more than 120 million ...

The Original Mackinac Island Butterfly House & Insect World is a live butterfly exhibit and insect museum. The butterfly exhibit is set as an ecosystem in an 1,800-square-feet tropical garden with ...