High up in the mountains of Ecuador, a “flame-colored” creature glided over the forest. The colorful insect was easy to spot — yet difficult to find. When finally located by scientists, it turned out ...

David Clark was fortunate to see a flamingo that showed up at Wallops Island off the Eastern Shore, courtesy of Hurricane Idalia. “Apparently there is at least one more at Chincoteague National ...

For the first time in nearly two decades, a rare butterfly, known as the red-spotted patch butterfly, was spotted in South Texas. Located in the Rio Grande Valley in Mission, the National Butterfly ...

MISSOURI, USA — A Missouri Department of Conservation official recently spotted a ghostly variation of a Monarch butterfly in the state. Natural History Biologist Amanda Gehin saw an extremely rare ...

A conservation charity has planted elm trees, which are the preferred habitat of the white-letter hairstreak butterfly Rare butterflies have been spotted after a group of volunteers planted hundreds ...

A butterfly has been spotted on the edge of a county for the first time in nearly 200 years. The Silver-washed Fritillary was recorded at Havannah and Three Hills Nature Reserve in Hazlerigg, near ...