Because of "The Butterfly," a poem written by a young Jewish man in 1942 while he was imprisoned in Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp, the butterfly has become a universal symbol for the Holocaust.

A long time ago, as glaciers retreated from North America, some arctic butterflies stayed behind. The Earth was warming and so they fluttered up mountain slopes, to where it was still cold. As the ...

Michigan lawmakers haven’t officially approved a new state symbol since 2002 - but that hasn’t stopped legislators and their constituents from suggesting new ones this session. The state currently ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Following the 2011 tornado that left much of ...

A long time ago, as glaciers retreated from North America, some arctic butterflies stayed behind. The Earth was warming and so they fluttered up mountain slopes, to where it was still cold. As the ...