Whether you're curious about the type of butterfly frequenting yours ... One of the most spectacular of all North American butterfly species, this swallowtail’s singular tiger stripes and ...

A critically endangered butterfly that lives in the southernmost part of Florida thrives in certain years. Researchers turned ...

The Tomares Nesimachus, among Israel’s 14 protected butterfly species, faces a precarious future due to its complete dependence on the large-fruited milk-vetch plant as a place to lay its eggs. While ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— In response to multiple petitions and lawsuits from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected the Sacramento Mountains checkerspot ...

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed listing monarch butterflies as a threatened species and has considered some possibly contradictory ways to protect them, Nicholas Storer ...

Monarch butterflies, whose population has been declined by 85% in two decades, will have to wait until fiscal year 2024, as will Bethany Beach fireflies and Las Vegas bearpoppies. The Mojave poppy bee ...

In response to these figures, the USFWS issued a December 2024 proposal to list the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. “The iconic monarch butterfly is ...

A 1-inch butterfly that can only be found beside hot springs near the Nevada-Oregon border will soon be awarded federal protections under the Endangered Species Act, the law meant to protect ...

The species the service will consider adding include the Amargosa toad, the Carson Valley monkeyflower, the large marble butterfly, along with a subspecies, and the Mohave ground squirrel, the ...