The Smith's blue butterfly may be tiny, but it's endangered in a big way ... Although the Smith's blue has been listed under the Endangered Species Act since 1976, the ongoing failure of government ...

But over the past three decades, extensive off-road vehicle use on these public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management has destroyed more than 50 percent of the rare butterfly's habitat and ...

Gleaming in the air, the iridescent blue morpho protects itself from predators using the power of light. Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue ...

The causes involve more than just habitat loss, but there are steps you can take to help save these delicate creatures ...

A comprehensive study of U.S. butterfly populations shows dramatic declines in most species, but Pacific Northwest ecologists ...

Barely big enough for a baby bee, bluets are now in bloom. Often overlooked, bluets have four petals surrounding a miniature ...

An extraordinarily rare and unique little butterfly ... species, 26mm long with pearly white wings patterned with dark markings, on the brink of extinction and found in only two tiny, high ...

Campbell’s work centers on the Karner blue butterfly, an endangered species in New York and nationwide, which can only eat blue lupine as a caterpillar. Wild lupine is a perennial that grows ...

A new study has found that overall butterfly populations are declining across the United States. The study, which was conducted by a team of researchers from Oregon State University, the University of ...