The exhibit also includes dozens of butterflies from other parts of the world, like the blue morpho, which is native to Mexico, and Central and South America. They are one of the largest butterfly ...

Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue butterfly has a short but stunning life. It is thought that the colour helps the males to mark their ...

After Hurricane Andrew ripped through South Florida in 1992, the already-scarce Miami blue butterfly almost went extinct: No one recorded a single sighting for years. Finally, in 1999, a cheer went up ...

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.

Haiyong Cai (China) notices the shimmery blue colours of eros blue butterflies basking among the vegetation. While wandering through an alpine meadow, Haiyong spotted a patch of blue among the grass.

Thousands of bright, colorful butterflies from around the globe eagerly await visitors to the 30th annual Butterflies Are Blooming exhibition at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park.

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 ...

The rare Mount Charleston blue butterfly lives in just a handful of alpine meadows on Mount Charleston above Las Vegas. The species was protected under the Endangered Species Act in 2013. One of its ...