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 ...

Coinciding with LA Fleet Week, the Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy joined U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Brad Rosen for a release of endangered Palos Verdes Blue Butterflies at historic breeding ...

The endangered Palos Verdes blue butterfly, a symbol of conservation efforts in the South Bay, is the subject of a recently launched mural project created to help inspire youth and raise environmental ...

The Atlas blue butterfly, also known as Polyommatus atlantica, has been genetically confirmed as having the highest number of chromosomes out of all multicellular animals in the world. This insect ...

Read full article: Here’s a schedule of services for the City of San Antonio on Labor Day Isolated storms are possible this evening, mainly along and north of I-10. SAN FRANCISCO – More than 80 years ...

The closest living relative of an extinct species has been released along the bluffs of San Francisco’s western shoreline, a move experts are calling “historic” as they work to restore the city’s ...

The new butterfly species is endemic to Angola’s central highlands, according to a study. Photo by Nakkeeran Raveendran via Unsplash On Angola’s highest mountain, a brilliant sapphire-colored ...

Scientists have described a new butterfly species, Francis’s gorgeous sapphire (Iolaus francisi), from Angola’s Namba Mountains, where its survival depends on mistletoe plants. High-altitude evergreen ...