MACKINAC ISLAND, MI - A vibrant tropical ecosystem, home to a diverse array of butterflies, insects and other friendly creatures including a hedgehog, awaits visitors on Michigan’s iconic Mackinac ...

For most of the 20th Century, the island marble butterfly was thought to be extinct. Then the green-and-white winged insect that had disappeared from Vancouver Island and some other nearby islands was ...

SAN JUAN ISLAND — The chrysalises are delicately perched on twigs, safeguarded by little more than plastic food containers stacked on shelves inside the captive rearing lab. Barely more than a hundred ...

A beautiful white and green butterfly with a marbled hind wing, the island marble once fluttered about in the open grasslands and Garry oak woodlands of Washington's San Juan Islands and Canada's ...

This undated photo provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service shows the island marble butterfly. Federal wildlife officials want to protect the rare white and green butterfly found only on ...

BEAVER ISLAND, MI – Lauri Juday stooped down to inspect the leaves of a common milkweed plant and then shouted, “I’ve got one.” She was leading a group of student volunteers to find and collect ...

The butterfly-shaped Greek island of Astypalea wants to be a "smart and sustainable" destination with a focus on electric ...

Hundreds of Monarch butterflies are lingering on Cat Island instead of continuing their migration to Mexico, prompting a ...