Cal Academy of Sciences and The Presidio join conservation efforts to bring blue butterflies back to San Francisco coast. Genetic sequencing links Silvery blue butterflies to extinct Xerces blue.

The California Academy of Sciences used genetic testing to identify a blue butterfly species similar to the Xerces species that went extinct and disappeared from the San Francisco coastline.

Even Jim Lotz, one of the Safari Park’s wildlife care specialists, could not stifle a giggle as one of the iridescent blue butterflies landed on his ear. A blue morpho butterfly lands on Jim ...

That includes butterflies spreading their lovely, colorful wings and making their way to their favorite flowers. Wouldn’t it be awesome to bring them to your garden? Here's how to build your own ...

A Yale-led study warns that global climate change may have a devastating effect on butterflies, turning their species-rich, mountain habitats from refuges into traps. Think of it as the "butterfly ...

With no sightings in two years, the rare Ogasawara blue butterfly, named after its island chain natural habitat far south of Tokyo and designated a national natural treasure, is considered extinct ...

There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth ... term for middle part of the body of an insect) has thin blue lines. The Habrosyne has a pattern like a Native American rug.

A new study compiling butterfly surveys across the country found ... Katahdin Arctic and the boreal forests favored by Northern Blue, a species of special concern. Herb Wilson, a retired Colby ...

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