About 70% of the species on Earth are insects. They are fundamental components of most ecosystems: they comprise half of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monarch butterfly (Dannaux plexippus) flaps its wings in Piedra Herrada Sanctuary, Mexico. Might this start a chain of events ...

You may have heard of the butterfly effect, where butterflies flapping their wings somehow cause tornadoes. Although it seems ...

The southern small white is spreading throughout Europe. It is only a matter of time before it also flies across the English Channel (Image: Martin Wiemers). Until a few years ago, the butterfly known ...