Today may be Endangered Species Day, but it’s worth taking a moment to consider one species that’s not yet on a formal at-risk list. The monarch butterfly has been spotted across the country in recent ...

It is perhaps the most iconic butterfly in the Americas, one of the most well-known insects in the world. With iconic orange and black coloring, monarch butterflies once ranged across much of the ...

The monarch butterfly, with its striking orange and black markings, has become a beloved species. But it’s struggling to survive. Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced an estimated ...

Indiana’s last remaining habitat for one of the world’s rarest butterfly species is now permanently protected thanks to the quick work of a local conservation group. Central Indiana Land Trust (CILTI) ...

A rare butterfly made an appearance outside the White Sands Missile Range Environmental Division’s Pollinator Garden last month. Rob Wu, Environmental Consultant and Illustrator with WUCO Arts & ...

The number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has plummeted precipitously to a record low, putting the orange-and-black insects closer to extinction, researchers ...

Due to declining numbers, the migratory monarch butterfly was classified as an endangered species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature last month. While the iconic butterfly is ...

The Iowa skipper butterfly, once prevalent in prairies across the middle of the U.S., is now at risk of extinction — according to the Center for Food Safety, which has petitioned federal agencies to ...

Essex County residents will have the opportunity to walk among hundreds of butterflies this summer when the Butterfly Tent Safari returns to the Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland. The ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.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. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The number of western ...