The blue morpho species is among the largest butterfly in the world A precious collection of rare butterflies - some more than a century old - is being opened up to visitors in a behind-the-scenes ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — What began as a childhood hobby more than six decades ago has led to what might be Africa's largest butterfly collection in a suburb of Kenya's capital. Steve Collins, 74, was ...

New research on the Museum's Lepidoptera collection has shed light on how some butterflies pretend to be lethal. For decades, biologists have been intrigued by the staggering diversity of wing ...

Here’s a question they might want to borrow for QI. Which two 20th-century British prime ministers collected butterflies? Did you get it right? The answer is Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill.

You would not get very far chasing the spectacular creature I am looking at with a net. You’d be better off with a shotgun - and a top international lawyer. Often measuring more than a foot across, ...

A precious collection of rare butterflies - some more than a century old - is being opened up to visitors in a behind-the-scenes look at a museum. Among the hundreds of featured species is the blue ...