The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is opening a second comment period as they work to list the monarch butterfly on the ...

Of the 554 butterfly species recorded, there were 13 times as many species in decline as increasing. Two-thirds of the studied species have declined by more than 10%. One of the authors of the ...

The rare species are particularly scarce. His observation mirrors a global trend. In Spain, Europe, the United States, and other regions with reliable data, the landscape is the same: a world with ...

Butterflies Are Blooming” is currently underway at Meijer Gardens, offering guests the opportunity to experience the wonders ...

If you’ve noticed fewer butterflies on spring days, you aren’t going alone, as experts are warning that butterfly populations are falling drastically.

We found declines in just about every region of the continental U.S. and across almost all butterfly species. Overall, nearly one-third of the 342 butterfly species we were able to study declined by ...

The monarch butterfly is known by scientists as Danaus plexippus, which in Greek literally means "sleepy transformation." The name evokes the species' ability to hibernate and metamorphize. Adult ...

Last month an annual survey that looked just at monarch butterflies, which federal officials plan to put on the threatened species list, counted a nearly all-time low of fewer than 10,000 ...

Photographer and National Geographic Explorer Rena Effendi learned that a little-known species was named after her late ...

The Key West Butterfly & Nature Conservatory is filled with 50 to 60 species of colorful winged creatures that seemingly float through the air in an enclosed, glass-domed aviary. Plant enthusiasts ...

The Japanese Garden achieves something remarkable—it transports you thousands of miles away while somehow also feeling ...

The study, published in the journal Science, found that the number of individual butterflies has decreased, and the number of butterfly species present has also decreased. Some of the species that ...