In Stephen Brown's collection of about 20,000 butterflies are three new species he discovered while searching the country's ...

Painted ladies are the ultramarathoners of the butterfly world—even more so than monarchs. Scientists have long known about ...

What is not as well known is that this butterfly greatly extended its range, spreading across the Pacific in the mid-1800s to reach Australia and New Zealand by riding on storms that blew in from ...

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 ...

Next time you’re outside, say a silent thanks for the many unsung insect pollinators helping to keep our ecosystems healthy.

But many other insects—including beetles, flies, moths and butterflies—also visit flowers ... An estimated 30,000 species of fly (Diptera) call Australia home, making them the second largest ...