Monarch butterflies from the western United States have arrived in Santa Cruz and other parts of the California coast, ...

Astronomers call them LFBOTs—rare and powerful bursts of blue light that shine across billions of light-years and then vanish ...

Among the more puzzling cosmic phenomena discovered over the past few decades are brief and very bright flashes of blue and ...

The European Space Agency has released new images of a rare "butterfly" crater on the Red Planet. The bug-like structure ...

An international team discovered new types of butterflies that lay hidden in plain sight at the Natural History Museum.

In late 2024, a tagged monarch named Lionel migrated from New Jersey to Florida, logging thousands of detections along the ...

The Trump administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely.

A prairie butterfly shifts color, behavior, and eye biology across seasons. Sunlight and air guide how it moves and senses ...

You probably know a great blue heron when you see it, but what about the green heron or snowy egret? Learn to identify common ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...

Scientists have confirmed that the Atlas blue butterfly carries the most chromosomes of any animal, with 229 pairs. Unlike duplication, its chromosomes split apart, reshaping its genome in surprising ...