In a turn of events, the eastern monarch butterfly population — which was put on the list of endangered species just a few years ago — nearly doubled this year, according to a March report ...

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it is reconsidering adding protections to the monarch butterfly as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

A federal plan to protect monarch butterfly habitat provides broad carveouts for farming practices. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s proposed listing of the monarch butterfly as a threatened ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday took its first steps to avoid protecting the monarch butterfly under the Endangered Species Act. The US Fish and Wildlife Service reopened a public comment period ...

This year’s count of 4.42 acres of occupied forest habitat is nearly twice as large as last year's, but eastern monarch butterfly populations remain far below the long-term average. The 2024 ...

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 ...

And March 12 is National Plant a Flower Day, the perfect day to bask in the sunlight and plant flowers that will help pollinators like the endangered eastern monarch butterfly. The sun is out ...

A Pennsylvania resident who raises monarch butterflies says federal efforts to protect the species could put him out of business. “They don’t think anybody should raise butterflies and make any money ...

Monarch butterfly are considered a “poster species,” and efforts to conserve them also benefit less glamorous pollinators as well. (CorreoRealMX/X) Local managers had already noted the ...

In a letter to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on March 12, the USDA recommended against requiring farmers to get an incidental take permit to spray near monarch butterfly habitat.