A large international team has genetically mapped glasswing butterflies found across Central and South America, rewriting the evolutionary tree and highlighting six new species. The team includes ...

Some butterflies can smell others of the same species, allowing them to identify each other in areas where multiple species all look the same, new research finds. A large international team has ...

With over a million known species, insects are by far the most diverse group of organisms on Earth, with conservative estimates indicating there are millions more waiting to be found. But extinction ...

A glasswing butterfly feeding at flowers in Costa Rica. The remarkable transparency of these butterflies allows them to be "invisible", and the antiglare coating of their wings helps to prevent them ...

Peru holds roughly 20 percent of the world’s known butterfly species, with estimates ranging between 3,700 and 4,200. Scientists continue to record new species each year, which means the total still ...

In a new study, researchers created the most detailed distribution map to date of butterflies in the American tropics, showing that areas of highest diversity coincide with regions most threatened by ...