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 ...

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 ...

Researchers identified over 100 species that have dropped by more than 50 percent in the last two decades: "This is a wake-up call." Researchers compiled data on more than five hundred butterfly ...

WASHINGTON, March 6 (Reuters) - The population of butterflies - the beautiful insects that play a vital role in pollination and the health of ecosystems - has fallen in the United States by more ...

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 ...

Check out the butterflies in your area If you live in New York, N.Y., 128 species included in the study may be found in your part of the country. “The loss that we’re seeing over such a short ...

Butterflies are the most surveyed insect group. But, until now, studies have focused on individual species, such as the climate change-threatened monarchs. Butterflies are also threatened by ...

Two-thirds of studied species declined by more than 10%, the study said. Butterfly populations have dropped by 22% across 554 recorded species in the United States, according to a new study in the ...

While butterflies are the most extensively monitored insect group in the U.S., most past studies have been limited by geography or focused on specific species, a news release on the study said.