The once common sightings of the brightly colored monarch butterfly have become a rarer experience in recent years across ...

After rapid population decline in recent decades, the monarch butterfly could soon have federal protections under the ...

Read more <a href=" Texas’ state insect, the black and orange-winged Monarch butterfly, could be granted federal protections ...

U.S. wildlife officials have decided to extend endangered species protections to monarch butterflies. The U.S. Fish and ...

U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies after years of warnings from environmentalists that populations are ...

Monarch butterflies, known for migrating thousands of miles (km) across North America, have experienced a decades-long U.S. population decline due to habitat loss caused by human activities such as ...

Milkweed is abundant in local nurseries as monarch enthusiasts seek to increase the declining population and backyard ...

Monarch butterflies have historically been migratory ... nurseries’ need to make a profit and to sell what customers will buy. Keeping only pure native stock risks losing a good deal of business ...

In early December, federal wildlife officials will decide whether the monarch butterfly, which pollinates plants and flutters through backyards in nearly every U.S. state, is deserving of federal ...