MISSOULA, Mont. — The Missoula Butterfly House and Insectarium joined a network of scientists contributing to nationwide research and publication on insect numbers and climate change. The Butterfly ...
DNA extracted from a preserved 93-year-old Xerces blue butterfly confirms it is first known insect to go extinct from urbanization in the US. The butterfly, with stunning, iridescent periwinkle wings, ...
Space scientists have spotted a city-sized “butterfly” on Mars. A striking new image from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ...
LANSING, Mich. — Move over monarch butterfly; a large and fast-moving dragonfly is also vying for designation as Michigan’s official state insect. A bill introduced this week in Lansing would ...
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University has over 3 million specimens in its entomology collection, but one butterfly stands out from the rest. The butterfly is literally one in a million ...
The 93-year-old Xerces blue butterfly specimen used in the study. Photo: Field Museum Scientists say they’ve confirmed a decades-old suspicion about the loss of the Xerces blue butterfly in the U.S by ...
The first insectile casualty of human activity in the United States was recorded around 80 years ago, new research has confirmed. The insect, the Xerces blue butterfly, died out in the mid-20th ...
WESTMINSTER —From the frenzy of bulldozers to pesticide use to bright city lights, insects across the planet are being bombarded with threats that carry the potential for extinction. In Colorado, this ...
Climate change is an important contributor to insect declines around the world, according to a new study published in the scientific journal PNAS that examined continuous long-term monitoring of ...
Chafer, beetle, lice and other insects with sprig of buckthorn by Jan van Kessel, early 1650s, photo: Ashmolean Museum / Heritage Images / Getty Images What do we think of when we hear the word insect ...
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NASA’s Mars Express just spotted a ‘butterfly’ on the Red Planet
From orbit high above Mars, a familiar shape has appeared in an utterly alien landscape: a vast feature that looks uncannily ...
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