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 ...
Scientists in Alaska recently discovered a potentially new insect species—the Tanana Arctic, or Oeneis tanana, a copper-colored critter that may be the state’s only endemic butterfly. According to ...
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Injured butterfly can fly after wing transplant from dead insect
An injured monarch butterfly has been given a second chance to fly after a rare wing transplant using donor wings from a dead insect. Wildlife rehabilitator Janine Bendicksen performed the five minute ...
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 monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers. The native ...
California possesses serpentine grasslands, oak forests, vernal pools and a variety of other unique habitats on its coast, mountains, rivers, lakes and deserts. These habitats support an incredible ...
In a world first, scientists have discovered that painted lady butterflies (Vanessa cardui) have used favorable winds and a strategy of active flying and autopilot to fly across the world without ...
CHESTERFIELD, Mo. — A lowly hissing cockroach at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield is causing a stir in the global scientific community. Invertebrate Keeper Nicole Pruess found one ...
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