A wildlife volunteer at a Kansas zoo was able to save a fragile Monarch butterfly by performing a wing transplant. Katie VanBlaricum, 36, working at her local zoo, noticed that the pretty insect had a ...

Six butterflies species are likely to face extinction by 2050, a recent study found. Above, a monarch butterfly rests on a visitor's hand at the Monarch Grove Sanctuary in Pacific Grove, California, ...

"I cut off the broken bit of wing and glued on the other wing which came from a Graphium butterfly. Then I held it for a few seconds." A butterfly has four wings, two forewings and two hindwings which ...