Almost eight decades after Colin Wyatt stole and then vandalised thousands of precious Australian butterfly specimens, scientists are still untangling his web of deception. Between 1946 and 1947, the ...

Caper white butterflies are fluttering through southeast Queensland, Australia, in a large-scale migration, according to Australian media reports. The Brisbane Times reported "hundreds of millions" of ...

Scientist said that they have identified 26 Australian butterfly species and subspecies which are at greatest risk of extinction and those species were estimated to be lost within 20 years. Media ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In August 2025, there was a plague of Monarch butterflies near Nannup in Western Australia. Thousands of winged creatures arrived ...

As sunlight was shining on a park in Australia, several “iridescent” butterflies flew around. A scientist watched as the colorful insects did “aerial contests” and “established mating territories.” ...

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) appear to be declining not just in North America but also in Australiasia. Could this be a consequence of global change, including climate change, the ...

In the near future, butterflies in China are likely to be monitored using European monitoring methods. Ecologists from several Chinese research institutions and from Germany recently laid the ...

The history of Australian butterfly research and collecting / M. S. Moulds -- The higher classification of the butterflies / R. L. Kitching -- The evolution and characteristics of the Australian ...