Monarch butterflies are among the most beloved insects in North America. They are brightly colored and unique, both as ...

A popular butterfly that summers in the Adirondacks may get new protections in 2025 in New York and nationwide. The U.S. Fish ...

On December 12, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed listing the monarch butterfly as threatened under the Endangered Species ...

Wildlife officials are considering adding the monarch butterfly, which migrate to California's coast each fall, to the ...

A threatened listing, however, allows for exceptions to those protections. In the monarch's case, the proposed listing would generally prohibit anyone from killing or transporting the butterfly.

The loss of pollinators like the monarch could have far-reaching consequences for ecosystems and the people who rely on them.

The Association of Minnesota Counties and the Board of Water and Soil Resources selected Kandiyohi County has one of the ...

At Sioux City's Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, workers are asking for public assistance to keep the monarch from becoming ...

A threatened listing allows for exceptions to those protections. In the monarch's case, the proposed listing would generally ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing the Monarch Butterly be protected under The Endangered Species Act. The ...

The eastern population of monarch butterflies overwinters primarily in the oyamel fir forests of the Sierra Madre Mountains ...

Despite its name, milkweed is not a weed but a wildflower, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service. Designating of the migratory monarch butterfly as threatened would allow for further ...