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 ...

Using a net made from an old curtain attached to a coat hanger rim, Manhattan Beach resident Ron Leuschner began his butterfly collection in 1944 as a young teenager in Illinois and recently donated ...

From his home in Harrisville, all the way to Asia, Europe and beyond, George Andrushko collected butterflies for nearly half a century. “My sweetheart loved butterflies and he loved collecting them,” ...

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 ...

It will be a few months before butterflies flit through the air in Interior Alaska, but the Museum of the North at the University of Alaska Fairbanks was recently filled with them. The museum is ...

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 ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook, Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter @atlasobscura. Fifty-six years ago today, Lolita was first published in the USA ...

Spring brings hope and inspiration as nature awakes around us and the Parisian jewellery brand translates this spirit into its Frivole and Two Butterfly collections The pendant, between-the-finger ...