The numbers of wild butterfly species, especially the famous monarch butterfly, is dropping so alarmingly fast that the federal government, through the Fish & Wildlife Service, has actually stepped in ...

Iwokrama, which lies in the heart of Guyana’s rainforest, is known worldwide for its innovative approach to preserving tropical rainforests and creating livelihoods for local communities. Their focus ...

PETE, Tanzania - The colorful butterflies fluttering through Zanzibar's Jozani forest are beautiful to look at, but for farmers and charcoal producers in the region, they mean something more: a ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – The butterfly farm in Newcastle, Pennsylvania, Wish Upon a Butterfly, provided a butterfly room at the Farm Show where children and adults could interact with their ...

In this photo provided by Jane Breckinridge, dated March 2014, a Painted Lady butterfly rests on a bloom at the Saskatoon Gardenscape Butterfly Exhibit in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Canada. The ...

Farmers in Tanzania are helping to conserve threatened forests by cultivating an unlikely crop: butterflies. The Amani Butterly Project is one of the schemes using butterfly farming to help locals ...

Zanzibar Butterfly Centre — Santilli says it takes up to three months to train someone to farm butterflies. Farmers must learn to recognize the eggs and caterpillars of 30 species of butterfly, as ...