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

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

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 ...

U.S. wildlife officials have decided to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies. Fish and Wildlife Service officials on Tuesday announced plans to list monarchs as threatened. The agency wil ...

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

The official state butterfly since 2000, monarch butterflies are facing a major ecological threat, according to experts. Local, Western populations of monarchs have declined by around 30% compared to ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to add the butterfly to the threatened species list by the end of next year following an extensive public comment period.

Monarch butterfly numbers in Pacific Grove have drastically decreased this season, causing concern among scientists and conservationists. The Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History reports low ...

Now, new research has revealed that there are two distinct species of giant hummingbird in South America — the northern giant ...

In 2022, the International Union for Conservation of Nature added monarch butterflies to its Red List of Threatened Species, highlighting the significant decline in their populations because of ...

GOLETA, Calif. – The iconic Western Monarch Butterfly historically migrated in the tens of thousands to the Goleta area, but this year, the number of arriving butterflies is dramatically low.

"This season has been a bit atypical, the monarch butterfly arrived a little later compared to previous years. This is a situation that has not been experienced in past seasons. Normally ...