The Endangered Species Act is no help yet.

Pacific Grove is known as ‘Butterfly Town USA’ for its role as an overwintering spot. As the insect’s population plummets, residents are coming to its rescue ...

Efforts are being made to protect the vibrant monarch butterfly from extinction thanks to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposing to add it to an endangered species list in 2025. Photo courtesy ...

Monarch butterflies have always been remarkably resilient. Every fall, these delicate orange-and-black travelers set out on a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A monarch butterfly at the Coastal Access Monarch Butterfly Preserve in Los Osos, Calif., on Jan. 20. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles ...

As temperatures rise slightly, late-season plants produced weaker nectar, showing that climate change can affect pollinators ...

It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It’s also hard to believe that the life cycle of this incredibly colorful ...

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I struggled to catch my breath, but it had nothing to do with the 10,000-foot altitude. All around me, millions of monarch ...

The monarch butterfly is Illinois' state insect and has held that distinction for 50 years — having been suggested for the honor by third grade classes in Decatur in 1975. But the butterfly is also in ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with NPR science correspondent Jonathan Lambert about the decision, as well as other conservation efforts the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing as 2024 winds down.

It’s a sunny July afternoon, and Grayslake neighbors Annie Lawson and Heather Bauer are standing at the side of Lawson’s home, carefully going through her garden of milkweed plants. Lawson points at ...