The Smith's blue butterfly may be tiny, but it's endangered in a big way. It spends its whole life within a few hundred yards of two native plants, seacliff buckwheat and coast buckwheat — and is ...

Due to population decline and habitat loss, the Mount Charleston blue butterfly, Icaricia shasta charlestonensis, entered the endangered species list in 2013. However, efforts are ongoing to help ...

All the butterflies were dead by Aug. 25. According to the Environment Ministry’s red list on endangered species, the Ogasawara blue butterfly was categorized as “Critically Endangered ...

In a new study, scientists pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine long-term population trends of the federally endangered Schaus’ swallowtail butterfly (Heraclides ponceana ... Both are fragrant and ...

It is the pale hue of the Brimstone that is the origin of the word butterfly. Another favourite is the huge Swallowtail, Britain’s biggest butterfly, doing so well in my beloved Broads National Park.

has partnered with the Butterfly Enthusiasts Israeli Association to protect one of Israel’s rarest butterflies. The project centers on planting 60 seedlings of the large-fruited milk-vetch plant, ...

Sometimes, nature's surprises come with wings. In a new study, scientists have pulled from a 35-year dataset to examine ...

Adult monarch butterflies are large with bright orange wings ... monarch butterfly to a list of threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal would give federal protections ...