The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly, decked out in black and orange, lives only in the mountain meadows in and around the village of Cloudcroft, high in the Sacramento Mountains of southern ...

For thousands of years butterfly fish have protected our coral reefs by feeding on dead and dying corals, which makes room for new corals to grow. The Hawaiian name for many of the butterfly fish ...

The once-common orange-and-black butterflies have declined by 90% in recent decades, with the latest count showing the second smallest population on record, according to the Center for Biological ...

ATLANTA — The monarch butterfly could soon receive federal protection, which would be a significant step toward protecting one of North America's most beloved species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

File photo from June 2020. The monarch butterfly may receive the threatened status under the Endangered Species Act. U.S. Fish and Wildlife is taking public comment until March on the proposed ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protection for one of the nation’s most beloved species — the monarch butterfly — and is encouraging the public to be part of its recovery. The service ...