One of the most popular and recognizable insects is at risk of extinction, according to a global organization focused on conservation and sustainability. The International Union for Conservation of ...

If you sat down to make a list of animals that can bite, which ones would you include? Your list would likely contain dogs, cats, foxes, bears, and other mammals. If you included insects on your list, ...

The Endangered Species Act is no help yet.

Here's a dangerous, crazy thought from an otherwise sober (and very eminent) biologist, Bernd Heinrich. He's thinking about moths and butterflies, and how they radically change shape as they grow, ...

Ask a social butterfly where she got that great dress, and she'll say, "This old thing?" and then tell you its entire history. Ask an actual butterfly about its colorful attire, and things get a lot ...

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 ...

A new menagerie of animal-inspired robotics has been unveiled by the researchers at Festo. One flies like a butterfly, another works in groups like ants and the third grips objects like a chameleon's ...

Moths and butterflies radically change shape as they grow, from little wormy caterpillar critters to airborne beauties. Why are they born this... Updated Aug. 2, 2012: We have added an update to this ...