LOS ANGELES — The smell struck undercover agent Ed Newcomer as soon as he entered the small, sparse apartment. Faint and rancid, it permeated everything. It clung to the plastic containers that piled ...

At home in the muggy surroundings of a New York City museum, an iridescent blue butterfly swoops and flutters with jaunty familiarity. The Costa Rican Morpho is so comfortable, in fact, that its ...

A blue clipper butterfly from Asia rested on flowers inside the conservatory at the Powell Gardens Festival of Butterflies. Susan Pfannmuller Special to The Star Inside Look is a Star series that ...

Two yellow-winged ethilla butterflies act out a courtship ritual involving intricate aerial maneuvers, headlong chases and delicate caresses. Although native to Trinidad, the pair are among the more ...

Sandy Jespersen wasn't looking for a rare butterfly. She was seeking shade from the hot sun at Brazos Bend State Park where she works as a volunteer. She headed for the canopy of trees at the ...

Bug thieves. They exist, apparently, and cops in Cincinnati say there's one on the loose in the Buckeye State. The Cincinnati Police Department says a woman absconded with a blue morpho butterfly from ...

Ohio police have nabbed the brazen thief they say made off with a rare butterfly from an Ohio botanical garden exhibit two weeks ago. Cincinnati police charged pink-haired Jamie Revis, 36, of ...

COCONUT CREEK, Fla. — There is a very special place right in our South Florida backyard that you may forget about due to your day to day work and school flow, but with summer around the corner, you ...

CINCINNATI -- Police have identified a suspect in the theft of a butterfly from the Krohn Conservatory. Jamie Revis, of Springfield Township, is wanted on a charge of theft, Cincinnati police ...

Inside Look is a Star series that takes our readers behind the scenes of some of the most well-known and not-so-well-known places and events in Kansas City. Have a suggestion for a future story? Email ...