There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth, but we all know which one out of the two gets more love in the world. Butterflies are bright, colourful and pretty – you can get ...

Newly discovered fossils show that moths and butterflies have been on the planet for at least 200 million years. Scientists found fossilised butterfly scales the size of a speck of dust inside ...

Colorado State University estimates there are 750 species of butterflies in the U.S. and 3,000 species of moths. The population of butterflies and moths is dropping due to habitat loss, pollution ...

Discover astonishing butterfly facts and delight in learning about the superlatives of butterflies, from the largest to the smallest to the fastest. Whether you're a nature enthusiast, an avid ...

Sir Winston Churchill was an avid collector of butterflies as a boy and as a young man. It was a very popular hobby at the time. One explanation for the name ‘butterfly’ is that butterflies ...

With so many similarities between moths and butterflies, find out what to look for to tell them apart. Here in the UK we tend to think of butterflies as colourful insects flitting about country ...