What you plant — and what you avoid — in the backyard can make a difference to your local butterfly population.

Researchers identified over 100 species that have dropped by more than 50 percent in the last two decades: "This is a wake-up ...

Discover how butterflies use vision for mate selection, influenced by their unique visual systems and wing colors.

A study compiled data from more than 76,000 butterfly surveys across the continental U.S. The declines seen in the last 20 ...

A simple neural change alters mating preferences in male butterflies, aiding rapid behavioral evolution, researchers report.

A new study compiling butterfly surveys across the country found a 22% overall decline, while seven species found in Maine ...

The Trump administration is reopening public comment on a proposed rule that would list the monarch butterfly as threatened ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced the reopening of the public comment period for a proposed rule to list the ...

ESCONDIDO, Calif. — The San Diego Safari Park is transforming into a living kaleidoscope this spring, as its annual Butterfly Jungle opens, offering visitors an intimate glimpse into the ...

the agency is ensuring everyone has a chance to share information relevant to the conservation status of the species, ...

and offers butterfly monitor training. For more information, go to naturecenter.org and search "butterfly." "This study really relied on hundreds of thousands of volunteer hours of people going ...