One of California’s most iconic animals is in trouble. “Based on our very initial count, it’s looking like this year is either going to be the second- or third-lowest on record, unfortunately,” Scott ...

Cal Academy of Sciences and The Presidio join conservation efforts to bring blue butterflies back to San Francisco coast. Genetic sequencing links Silvery blue butterflies to extinct Xerces blue. From ...

A butterfly officially classed as extinct in the UK has been seen at sites across southern England, says a conservation charity. In recent weeks there have been a flurry of sightings of the large ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — An annual count of monarch butterflies conducted by the United States and Mexico as the insects migrate back and forth over the border finds habitat for the insects ...

The El Segundo blue butterfly was first placed under the federal Endangered Species Act on June 1, 1976. Five decades later, there are many South Bay organizations that have helped restore hundreds of ...

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 ...

Of the 59 native species monitored, 33 have declined, 25 have improved and one mountain species has too little data to assess. Butterfly species which are doing well include the Red admiral, some of ...