A new butterfly species with eye-like spots on its orange wings has been named after Sauron, the arch villain from The Lord of the Rings.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" is now streaming on Amazon Prime, bringing fans back to the world of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth set before the Peter Jackson films (which are unconnected to this project). Actors Trystan...

The first two episodes of the most expensive TV show are now available to stream. Amazon's 'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' is based on the popular novel by J.R.R. Tolkien and is set thousands of years before the movie...

Amazon Prime announced the name of the highly anticipated Middle-Earth prequel streaming series to be called "The Rings of Power," premiering on September 2. The show takes place thousands of years before the stories set in "The Hobbit"...

CLEAN: Exterior shots of billboard poster for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King on building and preparations for the world premiere of the film on 1st December 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand.

CLEAN: Exterior shots of Māori dancers performing down the procession and director Peter Jackson and actor Viggo Mortensen riding in open cars waving at fans for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King world premiere of the film on 1st...

CLEAN: Exterior shots of Ian McKellen riding in a open car waving at fans for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King world premiere of the film and Orlando Blood signing screaming fans autographs on 1st December 2003 in Wellington, New...

CLEAN: Exterior shots of billboard posters for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King ahead of the world premiere of the film on 1st December 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand.

CLEAN: Exterior shots of Andy Serkis, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin and Jonathan Rhys Davies riding in open cars waving at fans for Lord of the Rings: Return of the King world premiere of the film on 1st December 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand.

CLEAN: Exterior shots of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring signs and posters on the Odeon Leicester Square for premiere on 10th December 2001 London, United Kingdom.

CLEAN: Interior shots of American actress Liv Tyler arriving at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at the Odeon Leicester Square on 10th December 2001 London, United Kingdom.

CLEAN: Exterior pan from sign to crowd waiting outsideThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at the Odeon Leicester Square on 10th December 2001 London, United Kingdom.

CLEAN: Exterior shots of crowd waiting outsideThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at the Odeon Leicester Square on 10th December 2001 London, United Kingdom.

CLEAN: Interior shots of Actor Luke Goss arriving forThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Premiere party at Tobacco Dock on 10th December 2001 London, United Kingdom.

CLEAN: Interior shots of Irish actor Graham Norton arriving forThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Premiere party at Tobacco Dock on 10th December 2001 London, United Kingdom.

CLEAN: Interior shots of actor Sean Bean speaking to press at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at the Odeon Leicester Square on 10th December 2001 London, United Kingdom.

At Trellis, a coworking space in downtown San Francisco, residents gather in costumes for a celebratory watch party of the highly anticipated "The Lord of Rings: The Rings of Power" series on Amazon Prime (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

CLEAN: Exterior shots of director Peter Jackson making a thank you speech at the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King world premiere speaking to the media on 1st December 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand.

CLEAN: Exterior shots of John Rhys-Davies at the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King world premiere speaking to the media on 1st December 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power", the most expensive series in the history of television, has its world premiere at Amazon Studios' headquarters in Culver City, California (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

CLEAN: Exterior shots of Dominic Monaghan at the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King world premiere speaking to the media on 1st December 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand.

CLEAN: Exterior shots of Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler and Viggo Mortensen making a thank you speech at the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King world premiere speaking to the media on 1st December 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand.

CLEAN: Exterior shots of Ian McKellen at the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King world premiere speaking to the media on 1st December 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand.

CLEAN: Exterior shots of Sean Austin at the Lord of the Rings: Return of the King world premiere speaking to the media on 1st December 2003 in Wellington, New Zealand.