The world’s estimated 5 million species of insects are critically important to nearly every ecosystem on the planet. Among ...

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) appear to be declining not just in North America but also in Australasia. Could this ...

In Danaus Plexippus, for example, Sgroi imagines what a monarch might say of its life, place, lineage, and in so doing contextualizes the themes of loss and grief which run through the collection ...

Collected from some of the best-known photography competitions around the world, here are the most captivating nature photos ...

Now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to add the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) to the nation's list of threatened and endangered species. "Adult monarch butterflies are large ...

On December 10, 2024, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) proposed to list the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA). A proposed ...

The United States is moving to grant federal protections to the monarch butterfly -- a once-common species recognizable by its striking black and orange patterns that has faced a dramatic ...