A rare chestnut tiger butterfly set a new world record for the longest migration of its species. Researchers discovered a chestnut tiger butterfly from Japan, which set a world record with a 3 ...

DESCRIPTION: The monarch is a large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a “v” shape. The wings have prominent dark veins and two rows of white spots at the edges, and the body is dark.

Inspired by butterfly wings, a team of German researchers have developed a new kind of robotic wings that can work using only magnetic fields. The new wings created by the Technical University of ...

Painted lady butterflies are world travelers. The ones we encounter in Europe fly from Africa to Sweden, ultimately returning ...

But with suitable habitat now disappearing at breakneck speed, it will take all we can do to prevent this low-flying flutterer from crashing. The Quino checkerspot butterfly was federally listed as an ...

Researchers in Hong Kong have discovered that a rare butterfly has flown 3,000km (1,864 miles) from Japan. It set a new world record for the longest migration recorded for the species. The ...