What is not as well known is that this butterfly greatly extended its range, spreading across the Pacific in the mid-1800s to ...

A series of heists on Australian museums 70 years ago is still causing a flutter in butterfly science today. Lepidopterist Michael Braby is sitting in his lab, peering at a photo of a butterfly ...

She receives funding from the Australian Research Council ... But many other insects – including beetles, flies, moths and butterflies – also visit flowers to feed on nectar and pollen.

But butterflies are absolutely not on her list of admiration. The Oscar-winning actress has a deep fear of them, a condition known as lepidopterophobia. As a child growing up in Australia ...