Each fall, millions of monarch butterflies fly across Texas skies on their 3,000-mile journey to the mountains of central ...

Federal wildlife officials on Tuesday moved to add the monarch butterfly to its endangered species roster, citing decades of steep population decline of the striking black-and-orange insect. The U.S.

SPOKANE (Spokesman-Review) — After rapid population decline in recent decades, the monarch butterfly could soon have federal protections under the Endangered Species Act. With its orange and black ...

Before National Geographic published its famous August 1976 cover story detailing the search for the monarch butterfly’s wintering grounds, nobody knew where these strikingly beautiful creatures ...

Monarch butterflies are the most iconic butterfly, with their bright orange and black markings, but their populations are threatened by climate change and habitat loss. To protect them, the U.S. Fish ...

PISMO BEACH, Calif. - A record-low number of only 197 western monarch butterflies were recently counted at the Pismo State Beach butterfly grove. "Previously, there was so many more butterflies," ...

If you see a monarch butterfly in your Wichita yard, you might want to take an extra long look, because this may be the last month of the year you’ll see them flying around your garden. The monarch ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are ...

MADISON, Wis. — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are shrinking ...