Ryland James, the writer is AFP's New Zealand and South Pacific correspondentA New Zealand enthusiast spent half a century ...

Researchers have introduced a solution to the problem of light-sheet fluorescence microscopy ... Specifically, the model generated a butterfly-shaped beam by optimizing "hundreds of thousands ...

A New Zealand enthusiast spent half a century amassing one of the world's largest private butterfly collections. As death ...

Specifically, the model generated a butterfly-shaped beam by optimizing “hundreds of thousands of variables” within the phase mask. Light-sheet fluorescence microscopy has become the leading ...

John McArthur vividly recalls the first time he saw a butterfly.

I stepped onto the front porch and felt like someone was watching me. Sure enough, there on the wall by the screen door was a ...

A New Zealand enthusiast spent half a century amassing one of the world’s largest private butterfly collections. As death nears, he has handed ...

Official Description: "This rare butterfly lives in volcanic regions. Its body contains a heat-resistant liquid which can be turned into a topical elixir that offers resistance to flames." ...

A wildlife charity has declared a national “butterfly emergency” after its annual Big Butterfly Count recorded its lowest ever numbers. The count has been running for 14 years. This year’s ...

An Italian father and his son have been fined 60 million Sri Lankan rupees ($200,000; £150,000) for trying to smuggle hundreds of endemic insects - including 92 species of butterflies - out of a ...